The increasing use of digital networking in complex industrial processes opens up new potential for more sustainability. This paper delivers the fi rst empirical fi ndings on the relevance of digitalisation for improving material effi ciency in German industry based on a unique dataset including...

This paper analyses the suitability of sustainable investments and strategies for the proprietary trading of German savings banks. The paper employs a preliminary panel data analysis of financial statements of all German savings banks from the years of 2013 to 2015 in order to cluster the German...

Germany is the largest economy in Europe and yet there has been very little research in the area of shareholder activism. The main objective of this research paper is to discuss shareholder activism for DAX 30 companies. The paper provides the most recent empirical evidence that formal activism...