Melanie Mergler untersucht komplexe kulturell geprägte Phänomene aus der Perspektive eines sich dynamisch entwickelnden technologischen Fortschritts. Sie stellt die Diskrepanz zwischen den Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation und den menschlichen Kommunikationskompetenzen dar und analysiert die...

This sequel to the author's earlier well-received Euro On Trial, shows how European Monetary Union became a main engine of the global credit bubble and puts forward a set of remedies which would reduce the danger of further economic debacle emanating from serious flaws in the present...

Euro Crash diagnoses the three fatal design flaws in EMU as constructed by the Maastricht Treaty and analyses future likely monetary scenarios for Europe, demonstrating how the best of these would be the creation of a new narrow monetary union between France and Germany founded on strict...

The first book to provide an integrated treatment of financial and operating strategies to exchange rate variability. The choice of price-setting currency, when and how to adjust prices, the limitations of hedging and segmentation of national markets are some of the issues analyzed. The book...

This book presents an in-depth appreciation of key topics related to the behaviour of financial institutions in the crisis and stresses areas of major research interest. It covers a selection of papers specialising ranging from the analysis of bank and stock market performance in the crisis, to...

The drama of the common currency is a hot topic. The Euro was planned for the European Union's member states, bringing economically strong nations like Germany and Holland and weaker nations like Greece, Spain and Italy under one set of currency rules. A dozen years of its implementation has...

This book investigates the perceptions of political actors towards the creation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. The research is largely based on personal interviews conducted with key informants in central banks, finance ministries, employers' organizations and trade unions in...

Problemstellung -- Reglungswille und Form der Harmonisierung im europäischen Bilanzrichtlinienrecht -- Regelungswille und Form der Standardisierung im europäischen Bilanzrecht nach der IAS-Verordnung -- Würdigung des true and fair view als Grundlage der Vergleichbarkeit im europäischen...