The study explores the underlying motives and processes why and how corporate sponsors and professional football clubs in Germany enter into an additional share deal given the contradictory nature of corporations (monetary driven) and football clubs (maximising sporting success while operating...

Ist Industrialisierung nur ein Nebenprodukt ökonomischer Entwicklung oder der Schlüssel für wirtschaftlichen Erfolg? Welche Besonderheiten weist das verarbeitende Gewerbe auf und besitzen diese auch empirische Gültigkeit in den afrikanischen Volkswirtschaften? Ist ein...

Biofuels are a renewable alternative for reducing the climate impact of transport. Due to the versatility of biomass and complexity of economics and impacts, biofuels are part of a complex system, which is here analysed from a systems perspective. Several models are developed in order to assess...

African spaces of global order : territory, border and infrastructure in Africa / Marc Boeckler, Ulf Engel and Detlef Muller-Mahn -- Struggling for sovereignty : political authority and the governance of climate change in Ethiopia / Detlef Muller-Mahn, Florian Weisser and Julia Willers --...

Foreign direct investments (FDI) are seen as pivotal in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, balance of payment (BoP) statistics on FDI are often sketchy and out-dated and are thus of little help in distinguishing between different forms of...