Effective capital decisions not only increase the operational efficiency of businesses but also is strategic to bring the enterprise's competitive advantages to the market. Using an appropriate debt ratio helps businesses to strike a balance between internal and external resources to compete...

Kapitalismus sieht sich seit je her drei moralisch artikulierten Vorwürfen ausgesetzt: Er führe (a) zur Verelendung der Arbeiter, (b) zur Zerstörung der Umwelt und (c) zum Verfall der Sitten. Zieht man empirisch Bilanz, sind nicht alle dieser Vorwürfe berechtigt, ganz im Gegenteil: (a) Im...

שורשי המלחמה בין חמאס לישראל הם רבים ומסועפים. ביניהם, הקונפליקט הארוך בין התנועה הלאומית הפלסטינית לבין התנועה הציונית, האיבה בין הכנסיות הרבניות לאיסלמיות על...

Translation of 'Soft-wars' by Teppo Saari (Finnish): Pääoma valtana -viitekehys, jonka on kehittänyt Jonathan Nitzan ja Shimshon Bichler, esittää että liiketoiminnan tavoite ei ole ‘liikevoiton maksimointi’ vaan differentiaalinen yhteiskunnallisen vallan akkumulointi. Tätä...

During the pandemic, the world’s billionaires increased their net worth to unprecedented historical heights. This was an impressive feat for the world’s richest, who took to celebrations by launching themselves into outer space, hosted factory mega-raves, and perhaps more prudently sailed...

This work analyzes the mutual dependence linking digital platforms, i.e., 'Big Tech', and the military apparatus. Three main elements are at the roots of such dependence: an 'originary linkage' binding the development of digital platforms with governments' R&D military efforts, the critical...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY *** Concerns about the market power of large corporations are growing. There are good reasons why monopoly now features so prominently on the political and economic agenda. Mounting evidence shows that corporate concentration stifles innovation and investment, resulting in...

Mature capitalism and market economy realities become intelligible also by scrutinizing their "prodigal children": modern business corporations. But these are not some undivided entities. Beyond the place in the global division of labour, they are fiefs of in-built specialization among the...

Nowadays, companies face a big challenge in adopting a responsible behaviour towards the community and the environment throughout their business activities. We consider that Corporate Social Responsibility in tourism industry is still searching for consist ency in policies, programs and...

Dieser Beitrag stellt mit Hilfe der Ordonomik einen systematischen Zusammenhang zwischen zwei unterschiedlichen Literaturen her, deren Fragestellungen zunächst inkommensurabel erscheinen: zwischen der akteurszentrierten Social Entrepreneurship- Literatur und der auf Institutionen ausgerichteten...