The effect of severance pay on management behavior during a takeover battle is generally ambiguous. Yet, the severance payment completely restraining all influence activities always constitutes a golden handshake. The manager leaving office still benefits from the increase in the merged firm's...

An mehreren Orten in den USA entstanden in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten Zentren privater Forschungs- und Gründungsaktivitäten, von denen das Silicon Valley südlich von San Francisco wohl das bekannteste ist. Nahe der privat finanzierten Stanford University entstand ein Forschungs- und...

In the 1960s and 1970s international trade was increasingly important for employment and economic growth at the state level; however, scholarly research on the numerous issues concerning international trade and state economic activity is negligible. The present research uses a...

Dem Plan des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung bis zu zehn "Spitzenuniversitäten" zu fördern, um den Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland nachhaltig zu stärken, steht Prof. Dr. Gerd Grözinger, Universität Flensburg, eher skeptisch gegenüber. Für ihn wäre es wichtiger, die...

The current analysis introduces human capital investments which - as all other investment projects - must be carried out given ex-ante uncertain returns. This return uncertainty reflects that particular ex-post ability realizations may or may not induce the possibility to engage in profitable...

"The current study investigates a tripartite incentive contract between an innovator supplying an intellectual asset, a professional assigned to productive tasks, and a consulting firm specializing in matching ideas and professional skills. A rather simple pure tripartite partnership implements...