Purpose: Cultural studies in business and economics research are still limited to particular cultures. Knowledge on cultural differences may help international corporations to adapt management practices according to the markets they are operating in. The purpose of this paper is to study the...

Abstract: Der Netzbereich ist ein monopolistischer „Bottleneck“, der im neuen Energiewirtschaftsgesetz im Fokus der Regulierung steht. Eine wie für den deutschen Strommarkt geplante anreizbasierte Regulierung weist Schwächen im Bereich der Qualität auf. Die Regulierung der Netz-Qualität...

This paper provides a hedonic price analysis of mobile telephones for the German market, based on data of 302 different handsets from 25 manufacturers over the period from May 1998 to November 2003. By measuring shadow prices for different product characteristics, the authors find that volume,...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the role of environmental management control systems as mechanisms to translate environmental strategy into environmental managerial performance. Design/methodology/approach: Based on survey data from 218 firms, the authors test a structural equation...

Purpose: This study aims to explore the controllability of risk culture, identify and categorize risk culture controls used in firms and explore how industry and ownership structure affect the use of different risk culture controls. Design/methodology/approach: This explorative study is based...

The assessment of the cost of capital is of paramount importance for rate-regulated firms, as the rates of regulated services depend crucially from this cost driver. The paper uses objectives and peculiarities of rate regulation as a starting point. Based thereupon, it analyses methodical issues...

The paper discusses the development and operation of terrorism insurance programmes established in France, Germany and the U.S as reaction to 9/11. These three programmes are all based upon a public–private partnership with government backup. However, there are some fundamental differences...