Michael John untersucht das ausbalancierte Verhältnis von Vertrauen und Kontrolle zur Sicherstellung von Kooperationserfolg und Kooperationszufriedenheit in interdisziplinären Forschungsverbünden. Er zeigt, dass Vertrauen einen zweifachen Sonderstatus innehat, da es einerseits den positiven...

This book offers a comprehensive assessment of Douglass North’s contribution to economics and the social sciences by examining the origins and structure of his New Institutionalist Economic History (NIEH). Informed by contemporary debates in the philosophy of economics, Krul describes the...

Basic Elements of Green Economics -- Analytical Methods of Green Economics -- Formulation of Green Economic Policies: Optimality, Efficiency and Equity -- Institutions and Policy Design -- Reform of Policies of Global Institutions -- Green Economic Policies: Corporate, Local and National Levels...

The idea of self-regulation as an instrument capable of mitigating socially undesirable practices in industries - such as corruption, environmental degradation, or the violation of human rights - is receiving substantial consideration in theory and practice. By approaching this phenomenon with...

This Element qualifies the common understanding of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) as mere instruments of the state and instead conceive of them as economic actors in their own right. Specifically, SOE top management teams have leeway to diverge from goals that the state they are owned by...