Research is undertaken to identify variables which might distinguish proactive from reactive regulatory strategies on the part of a sample of business firms engaged in industrial R&D. A discriminant analysis of the data reveals one function containing 17 factors which correctly classifies 95% of...

Bei der Suche nach etwas mehr Rendite in Zeiten niedriger Zinsen wenden sich Kleinanleger verstärkt hin zum Crowdfunding. Doch Ertrag und Risiko sind auch im Crowdfunding sowie bei allen anderen Finanzgeschäften strikt positiv miteinander korreliert. Das heißt, der Investor kann durch...

The management of urban and rural areas has always consisted of a mixture of state, market and civil society actors. In times of increased liberalization, deregulation and privatization of many former state-dominated tasks, limited institutional capabilities of smaller communities, a lack of...