Taxes on the highly skilled are an important cost factor for companies competing internationally for talent. This book provides an international comparison of the effective level of taxes and social security charges imposed on highly qualified employees. Based on a newly developed inter-temporal...

Preface -- 1 Local Utilities in the German Electricity Market and their Role in the Diffusion of Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation -- 2 Contracting and Mikro-KWK - the Role of Municipal Utilities in Germany -- 3 Governance variety in the energy service contracting...

Introduction: Measuring Tax Progression -- Theories: Local Measures -- Global Measures -- Uniform Measures -- Applications: Data and Fiscal Institutions of the Surveyed Countries -- Numerical Results -- Statistical Tests -- Progression Intensity

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Impact of 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 3 National Intellectual Capital Development of the Four Small European Countries -- Chapter 4 The Aftermath of 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 5 Future Perspective and Policy Implications.

Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are exceptions, too. By...

Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Context, Purpose and Structure of the Book.- 2 State Aid for Newspapers.- Part II: Theories -- 3 State Support for News -- 4 Industrial Subsidies -- 5 Newspaper Subsidies and Journalistic Quality -- 6 State Aid to the Press in the EU -- 7 Press Governance.-...

Kostentransparenz im institutionellen Asset Management Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über verschiedenste Kostenfaktoren im institutionellen Asset Management in Deutschland, angefangen von der Asset Manager-Fee über Transaktionsgebühren bis hin zu den Verwahrstellenkosten. Darüber hinaus...

Preface -- DSM - From Dutch State Mines to Chemicals Company -- Transforming a Business School -- Moving from Sales to Marketing -- Achieving Market Orientation -- Developing Business Strategy Dialogues at DSM -- Enhancing Business School Impact -- Embedding Business Strategy Dialogues as a Core...