Using a novel data set on 2,483 British privateering cruises, we show that state-licensed raiding of commercial vessels was a popular and flourishing business among merchants that took a serious toll on enemy trade from 1689 to 1815. Why, then, did privateering merchants gradually turn away from...

Emergent economies suffer from underdeveloped market infrastructures and insufficient public institutions to enforce contract commitments and property rights. Informal reputation-based arrangements may substitute for government enforcement but they require close-knit networks that enable...

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhalt -- Teil 1: Grundlagen des Tourismus-Managements und der Fremdenverkehrsplanung -- I. Grundlagen und Rahmenbedingungen des Tourismus-Managements und der Fremdenverkehrsplanung -- 1. Das System Tourismus im Überblick -- 2. Tourismus-Management und...

As global migration numbers have continued to increase over the last thirty years, so have the number of self-employed immigrants. Faced with the task of integrating into the destination country’s labor market, millions of immigrants turn to self-employment. Nonetheless, it still remains...