In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...

On November 14th, 2014, SUERF – The European Money and Finance Forum – and CNMV, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – the Spanish Authority for supervision of securities markets – jointly organized a conference in Madrid: Challenges in Securities Markets Regulation: Investor...

This article is centred around the notions of shareholder value orientation and financialisation. Shareholder value orientation is reflected by a high dividend payout ratio applied by firms and the reluctance of firms to finance physical investment via new equity issues. Financialisation is the...

Die Autorinnen des Sammelbandes untersuchen die Verteilung von Arbeitsvolumina aus personalwirtschaftlicher Perspektive. Warum werden Überstunden geleistet, obwohl Arbeitslosigkeit herrscht? Wann werden Arbeitsvolumina unter Vertragsformen wie Telearbeit, Zeitarbeit oder geringfügiger...