Ob Transaktionen innerhalb eines Unternehmens ausgeführt oder über Märkte abgewickelt werden, hängt von der Komplexität der Transaktion und von deren Kosten in alternativen Organisationsformen ab. Oliver E. Williamson leistet in seinen Arbeiten zur Transaktionskostenökonomie einen...

Managed grasslands contribute in a number of ways to the biodiversity of European agricultural landscapes and provide a wide range of ecosystem services that are also of socio-economic value. Against the background of a rapid biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes, increasing attention is...

Against the background of a rapid biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes, increasing attention is being paid to farming practices that enhance ecosystem services. Therefore developing a cost-efficient and effective conservation-compatible land use policy to influence private land...

The mandatory deposit for one-way drinks packaging, embodied in the German Packaging Ordinance of 1991, entered into force in January 2003, after the condition for its implementation was given by the fall of the market share of reusable drinks packaging under 72% in 1997. In this context the...