Die Anforderungen an die Konsumgüterdistribution verändern sich mit zunehmender Geschwindigkeit. Anhaltende Globalisierung, kürzere Produktlebenszyklen und Urbanisierung sowie neue Technologien sind Treiber dieser Veränderungen. Hinzu kommen die wachsende Bedeutung des Onlinehandels,...

The Kyoto Protocol's success or failure should be evaluated against the unobserved counterfactual of no treatment. This requires instrumental variables. We find that countries' membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) predicts Kyoto ratification in a panel model. Both multilateral...

A country's carbon footprint refers to the CO₂ emissions caused by domestic absorptionactivities. Trade in goods drives a wedge between the footprint and local emissions. Weprovide a panel database on carbon footprints and carbon net trade. Using a differencesin-differences IV estimation...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to build enterprise project culture evaluation model and search for the best evaluation method for Chinese enterprise project culture on the basis of studying and drawing lessons from enterprise culture evaluation theory and method at home and abroad....

Since the industrial revolution, growing and active economic activities in urban area have disrupted sustainable material flow balance in the environment, and the imbalance has induced some serious environmental problems. In order to realize proper urban management, taking measures to keep...

This volume was prepared by Rahel Aichele while she was working at the ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. The chapters investigate how, in a...

The evaluation of employees and their activity requires precise and responsible preparation, it is a process, having a large impact to successful implementation of strategic goals of institution. The evaluation of official work of civil servants in Lithuania does not have deep traditions. Thus,...

This paper establishes a criteria-based evaluation model to better understand frugal innovations and the reasons they are either successful or unsuccessful in developed markets. The three criteria for frugal innovation introduced by Weyrauch (2018) form the basis for the evaluation model. In...

Im Rahmen von Self-Service Business Intelligence (SSBI) sollen Aufgaben zur entscheidungsorientierten Informationsgewinnung aus Daten von Power Usern auf Business User übertragen werden. Damit will man die Entscheidungsgeschwindigkeit, Eigenständigkeit und Flexibilität der Business User...

Rural locations provide limited economic opportunities, mainly relying on agricultural activities, with scarce industrial or commercial investment and employment. This has led to higher risks related to poverty, with a lack of opportunities for education, healthcare, and general services leading...