We develop a model of endogenous network formation in order to examine the incentives for R&D collaboration in a mixed oligopoly. Our analysis reveals that the complete network, where each firm collaborates with all others, is uniquely stable, industry-profit maximizing and efficient. This...

This study discusses the concept of sustainability, in particular with respect to the CDM. In addition, based on cross-section interviews, the sustainability criteria for CDM projects in energy sectors in the studied countries are determined. These criteria could serve as a starting point for...

Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit soll ein Überblick darüber gegeben werden, wie sich das Vergaberecht derzeit in Deutschland darstellt und welche Möglichkeiten Vergabeverfahren im sozialen Bereich bieten. Aufbauend auf Diskussionen zum Verhältnis von Politik und Dritter Sektor werden Besonderheiten...

Wenn ein Unternehmer einen Blick in die Zukunft wagt und sich dazu äußert, wie er sein Unternehmen in 10 oder 20 Jahren sieht, heißt das nicht, dass diese Vorstellungen auch wahr werden. Das hängt von vielen entscheidenden Aspekten ab. Auf einige hat man direkten Einfluss, auf andere jedoch...

Most universities in Germany are public firms but they have many properties of co-operatives. The most important thereof are described and analysed together with the characteristics of state-sponsorship. The real companions of the university as a co-operation are its professors. The same is true...

This article presents possible legal and organizational forms of modern destination management organizations (DMO) on the one hand, and their influence on the potential range of the tasks and responsibilities of these organizations on the other. In the article, theoretical issues were referred...

The micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been acknowledged as the engine of economic growth and for promoting equitable progress all over the world. Let there be any category of countries, the existence of MSMEs is predictable. The MSME sector is playing a pivotal role majorly in...

Microfinance is the provision of financial services to disadvantaged people and the financially excluded, often with a social mission of poverty alleviation and women empowerment. There are many different forms of microfinance institutions (MFIs): for-profit, not-for-profit and state-owned, all...

This discussion paper revisits the issue of state-funded activism in the UK and EU. It starts with the hypothesis that there has been a decline in taxpayers' money given to political advocacy groups because (1) budget cuts under 'austerity' have made less money available to non-governmental...

This study was prepared by Andreas Kuhlmann, while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in September 2006 and was accepted as a Ph.D. thesis by the Economics Department of the University of Munich. The subject of this study is the analysis of network...