Mit dem After Sales-Geschäft generieren die deutschen Automobilbauer etwa die Hälfte ihrer Gewinne. Gerade vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen, wovon insbesondere das Neuwagengeschäft betroffen ist, erscheinen Anstrengungen zur Optimierung der...

Using project-level data from the Carbon Disclosure Project, we demonstrate how firms actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Most firms mainly pursue projects with small investments (median $127,000) and short payback periods (maximum three years). Firms experiencing shortterm performance...

While in the US stock-based incentives are commonly used since the 50s of the last century, in Germany they were invented only some ten years ago. Even in 1996 firms faced considerable regulatory difficulties when willing to grant such incentives. In the meantime the legal environment has...