Sharing costs and risks are the basic foundation of any the joint venture. However, the required financial commitments might be jeopardized either by a co-venturer who cannot afford the payment of the related costs or a co-venturer who simply chooses not to pay its share. The petroleum industry...

Regional gas price trends post 2008 -- Supply and demand trends -- Russian price : volume strategy in the European market -- Contract price formation for future LNG projects to Asia -- Global gas dynamics post 2015 -- Summary and conclusions

Dieser Beitrag illustriert theoretische Argumente zu den Charakteristika vergangener und gegenwärtiger Globalisierungsprozesse am Beispiel des (ehemaligen) MAN-Produktionsstandortes Steyr. Dabei wird gezeigt, wie sich allgemeine Dynamiken verstärkter internationaler Eigentumskonzentration und...

This article considers the consequences of asset-based accumulation for household income factors and social class structure in twenty-nine countries from 1998-2016. Are financialization, asset-based welfare institutions, and rising real estate returns fueling a growing class of petit rentiers in...

Gender difference in taxation is generally understudied, especially in sociologyliterature, which often overlooks taxation as a social phenomenon.While a small literature, studies on gender and taxation from a wider range of disciplines have offered and tested some core mechanisms producing...

Recent analysis has suggested that poverty rates, and their variation across rich countries, is driven much less by the prevalence of certain risks than by the poverty penaltyattached to the risks. Focusing on single motherhood as a poverty risk, it is claimed the penalty attached to it is...