Most emerging market central banks have adopted inflation targeting as their monetary policy system. The heart of inflation targeting system is inflation expectations. The success of a central bank in achieving targets depends on to the extent to which inflation expectations are formed by the...

After almost four decades of price stability, inflation has recently approached historical highs. Initially driven by global energy and food price increases, the magnitude of the surge in inflation caught central banks and markets by surprise. Price pressures are now increasingly broadening to...

This paper explores the dynamics in strategic alliances between small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and large organisations (corporates). Despite the volumes written on this subject, few studies take into account this context of interorganisational relationships. The dynamics in strategic...

The issue of precarious employment has gained increasing currency over recent years, as OECD countries have shifted away from traditional standard employment models. Nevertheless, there has been little empirical research on the experiences of nonstandard workers and the links that can be...

Im Jahr 2012 stiegen die Verbraucherpreise in Deutschland um 2,1%. Insgesamt sind die Preise seit der Wiedervereinigung im Durchschnitt um 2,0% und seit der Euro-Einführung sogar nur um 1,6% gestiegen. Abgesehen von wenigen Ausnahmen können sich die Deutschen daher über mangelnde...