Growing appreciation of the novel challenges of climate change and environmental degradation is among the core drivers of the ongoing transformation in the food industry. In response to the growing costs for society and the environment, the broad reliance on large-scale and industrial methods of...

Dynamics of Balance of Payment developments are still barely researched. Chapter 1 tries to summarize empirical evidence between institutional determinants and BoP movements and proposes a framework for the role of institutions in a debt cycle. It is found that “good” institutions do help a...

In der Dissertation werden fachdidaktische Dimensionen von Lehrbüchern für den Rechnungswesenunterricht der Sekundarstufe II in Deutschland und den USA miteinander verglichen. Zur Interpretation der Ergebnisse dienen Forderungen der Rechnungswesendidaktik und des Rahmenlehrplans für...

This dissertation investigates important and cutting-edge issues surrounding new product development failure and its consequences for market values of innovation-driven firms. Although a substantial body of literature demonstrates that new product development failure harms some companies more...

In der Dissertation werden fachdidaktische Dimensionen von Lehrbüchern für den Rechnungswesenunterricht der Sekundarstufe II in Deutschland und den USA miteinander verglichen. Zur Interpretation der Ergebnisse dienen Forderungen der Rechnungswesendidaktik und des Rahmenlehrplans für...

Like in several sectors of consumer demand, attitudes, believes, and the political environment may also influence the worldwide demand for tourism. Consequentially, this thesis concentrates on a wider range of determinants including non-economical factors of tourism demand and supply in both the...

This volume was prepared by Simon Wiederhold during his stay at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and at the Duke University in Durham, U.S. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the School of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Jena in August 2011. The thesis...

During the 1997/98 Asian crisis and the 2007-2010 world financial and economic crisis, China has proved to be a stabilizer for East Asia and the world. The paper stresses the crucial role of the dollar peg for macroeconomic stability in China. The paper explores the current role of China's...