Is it possible that some of the decisions pertaining to taxation are based on latent cultural aspects? This study, set in a purely European context, seeks to analyze tax variations within Europe through the lens of cultural variations. Specifically, how trust, confidence and equality matter with...

The paper discusses some definitions of knowledge as a potential source of competitive advantage. It reviews the literature pertaining to the assessment of knowledge assets. According to the resource-based view, which links the competitive advantage of organizations with resources and...

This pilot study investigates whether organizational practices as observed through differing organizational cultures systematically replicate or reject national values. It is among the first to project delineated, narrow national cultural portrayals of Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Denmark...

As companies increase in scale and scope, the ability to communicate effectively across organizational units tends to decrease, especially when in an international context. This book provides illustrations of how one company faced and overcame its knowledge sharing difficulties as it grew...

This pilot study seeks to initiate a debate and motivation for further research into why some people choose to act in a more sustainable manner compared to others, by investigating a synthesis of attitudes and cultural values that can be correlated with practices that may encourage sustainable...

This paper examines the relationship between culture and country competitiveness along one specific dimension of culture, namely a populaces' tendency towards being work inclined vs. being leisure inclined. We base the study on Taylorism and the notion that a high-work inclination leads to...

The current article seeks to explore if we can scientifically determine some rudimentary behavioural practices that lead certain people to act in a more sustainable manner compared to others. To accomplish this, a set of values and attitudes are collected from varying demographics throughout...

Die jüngste Weltfinanzkrise hat weltweit zu starken Belastungen der öffentlichen Finanzen geführt. In der Folge dieser Entwicklung gerieten einige Eurozonen-Mitgliedsländer in Solvenzkrisen und mithin die gesamte Europäische Wahrungsunion (EWU) in Gefahr. In der Folge dieser Entwicklungen...

The European economy was hit by a confidence shock in 2009 when the Greek government of Papandreou discovered the true amount of public deficit. The subsequent loss of trust in European fiscal governance reduced financial markets' willingness to lend to indebted governments. The European Union...

Die jüngste Weltfinanzkrise hat weltweit zu starken Belastungen der öffentlichen Finanzen geführt. In der Folge dieser Entwicklung gerieten einige Eurozonen-Mitgliedsländer in Solvenzkrisen und mithin die gesamte Europäische Währungsunion (EWU) in Gefahr. In der Folge dieser Entwicklungen...