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US food security and climate change: Agricultural futures
Takle, Eugene S.; Gustafson, David; Beachy, Roger; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-34, pp. 1-41
Agreement is developing among agricultural scientists on the emerging inability of agriculture to meet growing global food demands. Changes in trends of weather conditions projected by global climate models will challenge physiological limits of crops and exacerbate the global food challenge by...
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Public Sector Labour Relations in the United States: Austerity, Politics and Policy
Mareschal, Patrice M. - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 24 (2017) 4, pp. 450-471
politische Gegner, die Finanzkrise und Sparmaßnahmen. In den USA wurzelt der Angriff auf die Gewerkschaften des öffentlichen … Veränderungen Rechte des collective bargaining im öffentlichen Dienst auf staatlicher und lokaler Ebene aller 50 Staaten der USA …
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Interessenvertretung in globalen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken - Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Befunde
Lohmeyer, Nora; Sydow, Jörg - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 28 (2021) 2, pp. 103-119
Globale Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke haben als Organisationsform ökonomischer Aktivitäten in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Zurückgeblieben ist demgegenüber trotz der massiven Betroffenheit vieler Interessengruppen - nicht nur, aber besonders der Beschäftigten -...
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Debt collection prevention management of receivables/debt in a company
Stach, Dariusz - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 10 (2014) 2, pp. 71-82
, especially in times of crisis. This paper presents the receivables/debts management system known as Debt Collection Prevention … author argues that all individual management activities are short of effectiveness and efficiency unless a systemic approach … is applied. To highlight this point, the author has indicated substantial differences in the management of financial risk …
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The role of a company's internal control system in fraud prevention
Dimitrijevic, Dragomir; Milovanovic, Vesna; Stancic, … - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 11 (2015) 3, pp. 34-44
The emergence of internal control over specific segments of activities has been associated with management needs for … activities has been associated with management needs for evaluation of the consistency between the actual situation and …
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Financial sector: Banks fall behind and now have a lower proportion of women on executive and advisory boards than insurance companies
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 16-28
Women are still in the clear minority among the financial sector's top decision-making bodies. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, 21 percent of the supervisory and administrative board members of the 100 largest banks were female. The number has stagnated...
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Top decision-making bodies in large companies: Gender quota shows initial impact on supervisory boards executive board remains a male bastion
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-15
The gender quota for supervisory boards that has been mandatory since January 2016 has shown an initial impact. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, there were more women on the supervisory boards of the 106 companies subject to the statutory quota than one...
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Finanzsektor: Banken fallen zurück - Frauenanteil jetzt auch in Aufsichtsräten geringer als bei Versicherungen
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 1/2, pp. 17-30
Nach wie vor sind Frauen in Spitzengremien des Finanzsektors deutlich in der Minderheit. Dem Managerinnen-Barometer des DIW Berlin zufolge waren die Aufsichts- und Verwaltungsräte der 100 größten Banken Ende des Jahres 2016 zu gut 21 Prozent mit Frauen besetzt. Damit stagnierte der Anteil...
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Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen: Geschlechterquote zeigt erste Wirkung in Aufsichtsräten - Vorstände bleiben Männerdomänen
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-16
Die seit Januar 2016 verbindliche Geschlechterquote für Aufsichtsräte in Deutschland zeigt eine erste Wirkung: Dem Managerinnen- Barometer des DIW Berlin zufolge waren in den unter die Quotenregelung fallenden 106 Unternehmen Ende 2016 deutlich mehr Frauen in den Kontrollgremien vertreten als...
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Women Still Greatly Underrepresented on the Top Boards of Large Companies
Holst, Elke; Wiemer, Anita - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 7, pp. 45-53
management boards has hardly changed at all in the last few years. It remains to be seen whether the plan to gradually increase … the number of women in management positions, as agreed upon in the German government's 2009 Coalition Agreement, will have … virtually unchanged gender composition of top management in large private-sector companies. …
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