Im Arbeitsbericht wurden die wesentlichen Kapitalbestandteile der Bank vorgestellt. Durchdas Bankenaufsichtsrecht entstehen bei Kern- und Ergänzungskapital haftende Eigenkapitalformen,die bilanziell aber wie Fremdkapital wirken. Dies führt zu einer Erweiterung desWACC im Bankenrahmen. Hinzu...

Subject of the study presented in this paper is the analysis of the relevance of the Internet asan information source in German banks. The results show, that today the Internet is indeed themost important information source for many types of information used in the business processesof banks....

In recent years, diversity management has evolved from a perspective on human resourcesmanagement toward a conception of strategic management. This implies the need to adapt acentral management function, strategic controlling, in order to render the conception of diversitymanagement in...

This paper studies the effects that heterogeneous multiple bank financing hason a firm’s risk- and information-policy, particularly with respect to credit rene-gotiation efficiency. We find that a significant, yet limited, degree of relationshiplending enables firms with high asset specificity...

With the development of new internet technologies new security problems arise. Thus, it isimportant to consider security aspects during the complete development process of a web application.Every participant of such a process should have the appropriate knowledge. Classicallearning methods are...

In many analyses of the Chinese so-called economic miracle, cultural factors loom large. Thispaper offers a brief overview of recent economic approaches to culture and puts these into ananalytical framework that highlights the dynamic and creative aspects of culture. I argue thatChina is a model...

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have become active investors on the financial markets. Thisworking paper meets the increasing thirst for information on the investment activities of SovereignWealth Funds, their legal environment and the implications on German stock listedcorporations. Thus, this...

This work describes the legal structuring of a mortgage covered bond in accordance withthe regulations of paragraphs 791 cont. and 1184 cont. German Civil Code (BürgerlichesGesetzbuch). The work shows how to structure the share of common rights of the bondholders according to the regulations of...

The report describes the current developments of the German market for Non Performing Loans/Distressed Debt as it is influenced by the financial crisis/credit crunch. Furthermore the sale of (small and medium sized) real estate portfolios since summer 2007 is analysed in more detail.

Most previous research on efficiency in banking takes a regulatory perspective. In contrast,this paper investigates the empirical relation between efficiency and profitability in five largeeconomies of the European Union during the period 1998-2005 and discusses the results fromthe perspective...