Information and communication technologies are transforming economies and societies around the world. In this respect, E-Commerce has the capability to build a new global economy. That is why government, industries, non-profit-organisations, trade unions and consumers would like to come together...

This paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate inIndian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growthin the period 1958-92. We show that states which ammendedthe Industrial Disputes Act in a pro-worker direction experiencedlowered output, employment, investment and...

Versicherungsunternehmen haben bei der Auswahl ihrer Vermögensanlagen die gesetzlichen Restriktionen des Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetzes einzuhalten. Neben einer strukturierten Darstellung der zahlreichen Regulierungstatbestände werden aus Sicht der Finanzierungstheorie sowie den empirischen...

This paper provides a framework for the securities transaction industry inthe EU to understand the functions performed, the institutions involved andthe parameters concerned that shape market and ownership structure. Ofparticular interest are microeconomic incentives of the industry players...

This paper considers the generic processes and linkages that comprise financial intermediation - the basic 'financial hydraulics' that ultimately drive efficiency and innovation in the financial system and its impact on real-sector resource allocation and economic growth.(...)

Wie in den dreißiger Jahren des vergangenen Jahrhunderts wird als Reaktion auf die von einem instabilen Finanzsystem ausgelöste Wirtschaftskrise die Forderung erhoben, den Finanzsektor stärker zu regulieren und zu beaufsichtigen. Angeblich droht eine Destabilisierung der gesamten Wirtschaft,...

[...]This article attempts to bridge some of the gap betweenresearch on real-side FDI and work on financial sector FDI bypresenting a selective survey of the literature. We argue thatreal-side and financial sector FDI share many features.Accordingly, there are many lessons in the research that...