Die durch jahrzehntelange Planwirtschaft geprägten Strukturen sind in Russland noch fest verwurzelt. Dementsprechend ist das Bankensystem auch zwölf Jahre nach dem Ende des kommunistischen Regimes unterentwickelt. Die markantesten Merkmale der Finanzwirtschaft sind die ungewöhnliche...

In the early 1990s, a consensus emerged among the leading experts in the field of small and micro business finance. It is based on three elements: The focus of projects should be on improving the entire financial sector of a given developing country; a commercial approach should be adopted,...

Bankkosten und Bankpreise im Massengeschäft In dem Aufsatz wird die Bedeutung der Kostenrechnung für die Preissetzung mit einem neuartigen Argument untersucht. Es wird gezeigt, daß der in der bisherigen Literatur, zumal der zur Bankkostenrechnung, durchgängig behauptete Gegensatz zwischen...

The paper sketches the history of the German savings and cooperative banks of the 19th century and that of modern microfinance in developing and transition countries of today and explores the parallels that exist between these two histories. One result is that the German savings and cooperative...

Grundformen der Finanzierung. Eine Anwendung des neo-institutionalistischen Ansatzes der Finanzierungstheorie Der Aufsatz versucht zu erklären, warum es überhaupt verschiedene Formen oder Instrumente der Finanzierung gibt und warum die einzelnen Finanzierungsformen ganz bestimmte...

We investigate the connection between corporate governance system configurations and the role of intermediaries in the respective systems from a informational perspective. Building on the economics of information we show that it is meaningful to distinguish between internalisation and...

This paper starts out by pointing out the challenges and weaknesses which the German banking systems faces according to the prevailing views among national and international observers. These challenges include a general problem of profitability and, possibly as its main reason, the strong role...

In this paper, we first discuss the notion of 'important financial centres' and the socioeconomic and political conditions which need to be fulfilled for such a centre to exist. We then address the issue of the so-called 'end of geography' which has attracted a lot of attention recently. Under...

The introduction of a common currency as well as the harmonization of rules and regulations in Europe has significantly reduced distance in all its guises. With shrunken costs of overcoming space, this emphasizes centripetal forces and it should foster consolidation of financial activity. In a...