We examine theoretically and experimentally a certain class of new financial instruments which are designed as lotteries on the outcome of prominent sports events like the Soccer World Cup 2006. From a theoretical point of view, sports betting products may be superior to a fixed rate investment...

We present a citation-based analysis of the most important journals on real estate and real estate finance over a time period from 1986 to 2010. For each year, those three articles with the highest number of citations according to Google Scholar are identified. A thorough analysis of all 75...

Shared Service Center stellen selbständige Verantwortungsbereiche innerhalb eines Kon-zerns dar, in denen Serviceprozesse, die in mehreren dezentralen Geschäftseinheiten inähnlicher Form auftreten, gebündelt werden, um sie zu Marktpreisen für interne und ex-terne Kunden bereitzustellen.1...

Der Rolle der Finanzfunktion in Unternehmen kommt in den letzten Jahren stetig steigendeBedeutung zu, der Finanzvorstand avanciert zum wichtigsten Ratgeber des Vorstandsvorsit-zenden.1 Als Auslöser für eine derartige Finance Transformation, das heißt die strategischePositionierung und...

Special reimbursements for creditors in the case of the premature redemption of mortgaged loans are called prepayment penalties. They have been a controversially discussed topic in Germany for the last decade. This is mainly due to the fact that the European Union judges German prepayment...

We present a citation-based analysis of the most important journals on real estate and real estate finance over a time period from 1986 to 2010. For each year, those three articles with the highest number of citations according to Google Scholar are identified. A thorough analysis of all 75...