Diese Arbeit wurde mit dem Hochschulpreis des Deutschen Aktieninstituts (1. Preis) ausgezeichnet. Die Jury würdigte besonders die hohe Praxisrelevanz der Arbeit sowie die ausführlichen statistischen Analysen. Seit 1998 können deutsche Aktiengesellschaften den Erwerb eigener Aktien als Instrument der Finanzierungspolitik nutzen. Über hundert deutsche Gesellschaften haben bereits davon G…
air quality; air pollution; environmental analysis
This book investigates recent policies introduced into Turkey which are designed to reduce state activities and open up the country to international investment and trade. This is done in the context of the UNs Millennium Development Goals continuing to stretch into the distant future amid the ongoing instability of the global financial system and economic pressures on the West. The focus is on …
Agricultural input subsidies were a major feature of development policies in rural economies until the 1980s. Continuing rural poverty with low productivity and fertilizer use in smallholder staple crops has led to their resurgence in Africa. These subsidies are, however, controversial with claims of both large food security benefits and unsustainable, inefficient resource use. This book review…
Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Agriculture; Plant Sciences; Ecology
Abordando aspectos diferentes, os dois estudos focalizam mecanismos de interpenetração crescente entre o capital agroindustrial e os produtores rurais, as estratégias que os diversos agentes utilizam e o papel das cooperativas dentro desse complexo jogo de forças. [...] [trecho retirado da apresentação do livro]
Estudo teórico, de natureza comparativo-contrastante, abordando a lógica do planejamento estratégico no setor social e da saúde à luz da teoria do agir comunicativo de Jürgen Habermas. Na verdade, trata-se de uma 'crítica da crítica', na medida em que são problematizados os enfoques metodológicos tomados, até o momento, como referencial teórico alternativo ao planejamento normativo.…
Designing a contract is often more of an economic than a legal problem. A good contract protects parties against opportunistic behavior while providing motivation to cooperate. This is where economics and, especially contract theory, may prove helpful by enhancing our understanding of incentive issues. The purpose of this book is to provide specific tools which will help to write better contrac…
After the Berlin Wall tells the inside story of an international financial institution, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), created in the aftermath of communism to help the countries of central and eastern Europe transition towards open market-oriented democratic economies. The first volume of a history in two parts, After the Berlin Wall charts the EBRD’s life from …
The publications of the interdisciplinary and internationally networked Research Platform “World Order – Religion – Violence” seek to improve our understanding of the relationship between religion, politics and violence. It therefore deals especially with the return of religious themes and symbols into politics, with the analysis of the link between political theory and religion, and fi…