Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities...

This unconventional book addresses the imbalance of power between countries that give and receive funds for international financial development, with particular attention to the outcomes and impacts of this imbalance on recipient countries. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perceptions...

This book makes an analytical study of implications of the new set of non-tariff barriers that are forthcoming on the exports of the developing countries in the disguise of quality regulations and environmental standards. It argues that in the present era of globalization, with technological...

This book is the revised version of a doctoral thesis written at the Graduiertenkolleg Law and Economics at Hamburg University. It addresses the market failure with respect to R&D for medicines for tropical diseases and the lack of access to affordable medicines in poor countries. Tropical...

More than half of the world's sovereign states are small economies. The majority are in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin. For small economies, the globalization process involves opportunities, but also important risks because of their vulnerability and lack of diversification. This...

Maria Schneider-Reißig untersucht das Wissen und die Fähigkeiten von Verbrauchern im Umgang mit Krediten. Dies wird unter dem Begriff Debt Literacy subsumiert. Die Autorin erstellt ein Konzept für Debt Literacy, das auf Ergebnissen von Expertenbefragungen basiert. Mit einer Kreditwissensnorm...

Forschungsinteresse -- Forschungsfragen und Zielsetzung -- Gang der Untersuchung -- Konzeptionell-theoretischer Bezugsrahmen -- Krise und Krisenmanagement in der Einzelunternehmung -- Beratungsnetzwerke -- Theoretische Bezüge -- Empirische Studie zu Krisen und Krisenmanagement in...

Begriffsklärung und Grundlagen -- Entwicklung des Bezugsrahmens -- Fallstudienanalyse -- Fallstudienübergreifende Analyse -- Ableitung von Gestaltungsempfehlungen -- Zusammenfassung und Implikationen.