Studies the interactions between monetary and wage policies in the euro area. This book discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. It also features numerical simulations of policy competition and numerical solutions to policy cooperation

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Theoretische Grundlagen der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Leitlinien zur Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Zwecke der Normierung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung nach GRI im HDAX -- Kurzfristige Ereignisstudie -- Langfristige Ereignisstudie --...

Conceptual Framework: Remote Services in Context of Technology-Mediated Services -- Theoretical Framework for Remote Service Adoption and Continued Usage -- Methodological Superstructure and Empirical Setting -- Qualitative Exploratory Interview Study -- Hypotheses Development -- Quantitative...

New Outside Blockholders, Performance, and Governance in Germany -- Equity Ownership, Agency Problems and Shareholder Wealth: Understanding the Unique Role of Corporate Block Owners -- Minority Equity Ownership and Value Creation: The Role of Corporate Relatedness -- Concluding Remarks.

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This book discusses the ways in which characteristics of innovative firms and innovative talents with core competence in Japanese, Korean, German, and American contexts are developed and nurtured, and compares innovative firms with a long history of business operations from these four countries....