We use the history of private limited liability companies (PLLCs) to challenge two pervasive assumptions in the literature: (1) Anglo-American legal institutions were better for economic development than continental Europe's civil-law institutions; and (2) the corporation was the superior form...

This paper studies the connection between share pledging and entrepreneurial activities in China, challenging the common wisdom that share pledging funds circle back to the listed firms. Share pledging funds are at the discretion of the shareholders who pledge their publicly traded shares, and...

Im Zentrum des Hans Jobst Pleitner gewidmeten Bandes stehen die Klein- und Mittelunternehmen. Über fünfzig Beiträge von Kollegen, Partnern in weltweiten Netzwerken und ehemaligen Doktoranden fügen sich zu einem eigentlichen "State-of-the Art"-Werk für den Bereich der KMU zusammen. -- Im...