Im Rahmen einer empirisch-deskriptiven Analyse wurde die Bedeutung der Versicherungswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen im Vergleich zum Gesamtmarkt sowie zu anderen Bundesländern und wichtigen Versicherungsstandorten untersucht. Motiviert wurde die Bearbeitung dieses Themas durch die...

An increasing number of firms are moving into a new form of competition which can be described as knowledge-based competition. Firms in knowledge-based rivalry are competing mostly on their learning capabilities. The relative importance of capital and labor as a key input factor in the...

As emprical studies show, the policyholders' willingness to pay depends on the security level of the insurance cover. The choice of the security level determines the capital budgeting decision and therefore the cost of capital, as well as the attainable insurance premiums. We call this cost of...