Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Why Faith-Based Investing? -- 2 Screening Methodologies and their Implications -- 3 Comparative Performance of Faith-Based Portfolios -- 4 Screening and Dividend Payout Behaviour -- 5 The Model -- 6 Summing up the Final Thoughts -- References -- List of Figures --...

Derzeit verschärft sich der Wettbewerb um die CO2-Abscheidung und ‑Speicherung sowie ‑Nutzung (CCS/CCU). Bislang (noch) von Nordamerika dominiert, sind es nun insbesondere Akteure im Großraum Asien - von Saudi-Arabien bis Japan -, die diese Technologien vorantreiben. In deren sich...

How do two-career couples manage in a one-career world?It's about Time examines this mismatch between outdated scripts and the experiences of dual-earner couples. It broadens our understanding of occupational and family career strategies couples use in light of the widening gap between their...

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David Card and Alan B. Krueger have already made national news with their pathbreaking research on the minimum wage. Here they present a powerful new challenge to the conventional view that higher minimum wages reduce jobs for low-wage workers. In a work that has important implications for...

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The volume is divided into four parts. Part I considers the broad trends in the recent economic performances of the United States and the problem of increasing protectionism. Part II analyses the structural adjustments in both the United States and the developing countries in ASEAN. Part III...