French Abstract: La Nouvelle Calédonie est entrée dans une phase critique de son histoire. Depuis 1853, l’archipel est un territoire français. Cependant, entre 2014 et 2018 les Calédoniens devront se prononcer sur la possible indépendance de leur archipel. La conclusion du référendum...

The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) serves as a forum to negotiate, review, and revise the Radio Regulations (RR), an international treaty and one of the most difficult regulations for radiocommunication services. RR is complex since it includes intergovernmental issues in relation to...

Strong rural-urban linkages are increasingly seen as key to achieving sustainable livelihoods and food security in developing countries. However, not all linkages are positive and, although this is recognised in literature, few explore their potential unfavourable characteristics. Based on...

Diese Dissertation untersucht die Fremdfinanzierung im Zusammenhang der gesamten Finanzierungsstruktur von Gründungsunternehmen in der Modebranche im Vergleich mit den drei Kreativteilbranchen Film, Games und Musik, um herauszufinden, welche Faktoren die Entscheidungen der direkt Beteiligten...

We use high frequency worker level productivity data from garment manufacturing units in India to study the effects of caste-based social networks on individual and group productivity when workers are complements in the production function but wages are paid at the individual level. Using...

Wie ließe sich die große Vielfalt an funktionalen Geldsystemen systematisch erfassen und übersichtlich darstellen? Und, weil viele monetäre Wirkungsweisen umstritten sind, konkreter: Wie müsste eine grundlegende Wissensordnung zu Geldsystemen aufgebaut sein, damit sie für die untereinander...

This paper evaluates four dimensions of food security (ie availability, sovereignty, stability and consumption and biological utilization). Finding gaps for food groups: fruits and vegetables, proteins and carbohydrates, from comparing the supply of each product with minimum nutritional...

The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) serves as a forum to negotiate, review, and revise the Radio Regulations (RR), an international treaty and one of the most difficult regulations for radiocommunication services. RR is complex since it includes intergovernmental issues in relation to...

Strong rural-urban linkages are increasingly seen as key to achieving sustainable livelihoods and food security in developing countries. However, not all linkages are positive and, although this is recognised in literature, few explore their potential unfavourable characteristics. Based on...