This paper examines the performance indicators of 168 prime standard entities since the introduction of German Accounting Standard (Deutscher Rechnungslegungs Standard (DRS)) No. 20, focusing on the core question of how the use of performance indicators has changed over time. For this purpose,...

Abstract: Der vom Kunden wahrgenommene Kundenwert eines Produkts oder einer Dienstleistung gilt lange schon als eine wesentliche Quelle unternehmensspezifischer Wettbewerbsvorteile. Dieser Gedanke gewinnt inzwischen auch im Bereich der Investitionsgüter zunehmend an Bedeutung. Während bei...

This paper examines the performance indicators of 168 prime standard entities since the introduction of German Accounting Standard (Deutscher Rechnungslegungs Standard (DRS)) No. 20, focusing on the core question of how the use of performance indicators has changed over time. For this purpose,...

Ein Großteil der Neugründungen in Deutschland ist auf staatliche Förderung von Existenzgründern zurückzuführen. Dieser Anteil hat sich nach Einführung des als „Ich-AG“ bekannten Existenzgründungszuschusses Anfang 2003 stark erhöht. Die Erfolgsfaktorenforschung hat diese Form von...

The continuing trend of increasing frequency and severity of losses from natural and man-made-catastrophes during the last decades has drawn attention to catastrophe risk management. Considering the loss potential of catastrophic events, the private insurance markets' capacity does not seem to...

Due to the rising relevance of the economy and economic questions in the 20th century, Business Administration has become an important subject in higher education. Its fast growing student numbers during the last decades show its weight within the higher education institutions, even though it is...

This paper is a thoroughly revised and extended version of an article firstly published in the anthology "Moderne Wirtschaftsgeschichte" (München: Oldenbourg) in 1996. This book is an introduction to modern economic history for historians and economists. Accordingly this paper has to two...

Many practitioners point out that the speculative profits of institutional traders arc eroded by the difficulty in gauging the price impact of their trades. In this paper. we develop a model of strategic trading where speculators face such a dilemma because of incomplete information about...