This thematic volume covers issues such as Executive compensation and corporate governance with special reference to Bangladesh; leading companies in India; Fraudulent Financial Reporting; Non-financial performance measures and performance relationship in the Bangladeshi manufacturing firms; Fair...

For decades, trade between Europe and China has grown consistently, which has resulted in increased container transportation volumes. Such transportation has been dominated by sea-based options. However, over the years, an air-based mode of transport was developed, while it has lately become...

Die Expansion der Weltwirtschaft ist unter dem Eindruck hoher Inflation, hartnäckiger Lieferengpässe und großer Unsicherheit im Frühjahr zum Stillstand gekommen. Die Reallöhne gehen in vielen Ländern deutlich zurück und dämpfen den privaten Konsum, auch wenn vielfach auf zusätzliche...

Die Weltkonjunktur hat sich im Verlauf des Jahres unter dem Eindruck hoher Energiepreise und großer Unsicherheit deutlich abgeschwächt. Bremsend wirkt inzwischen auch die Geldpolitik, die angesichts eines auf breiter Front hohen Inflationsdrucks ausgesprochen rasch gestrafft wird. Die...

The current global financial non-system is marked by instability. In the absence of global solutions, a series of regional arrangements of monetary cooperation have been emerging to cope with such instability. The paper focuses on regional payment systems as an initial step of regional monetary...

We develop a dynamic model of strategic investment in a transnational pipeline system. In the absence of international contract enforcement, countries may distort investment in order to increase their bargaining power, resulting in overinvestment in expensive and underinvestment in cheap...

This paper provides a quantitative analysis of power relations and strategic investment in the transport system for Russian gas. First, we analyse how the architecture of the transport system determines Russia's bargaining power vis-à-vis (potential) transit countries. By applying the Shapley...

European integration is expected to enhance the attractiveness of EL) countries for domestic and foreign investors. This has caused concerns in developing countries that foreign direct investment there may be diverted to Europe. In preparing for the Single Market, European companies have indeed...