infonet-economy

Research about innovative entrepreneurs and their behavior has a long tradition. This article intends to shed further light on the behavior of entrepreneurs to recognize and exploit opportunities with high degree of novelty. To sense the diversity of studies in this domain a systematic literature review was conducted. The results show that most studies have been recently published.…

Analyzing the change of organizational routines in a public health care organization, this paper contributes to a better understanding of how organizational routines change when a network of interconnected routines is affected by a change initiative. We focus on the role of reflexivity (Feldman, 2000) and individual as well as collective agency (Howard-Grenville, 2005) in different…

Critical diversity studies have pointed out the need for more empirical studies on the dynamics of power and diversity in organizations. Exploring how the diverse workforce itself experiences diversity is required. This paper makes a contribution to meeting the research agenda by empirically examining the negotiation processes around privilege in linguistically diverse organizations…

Grossen Jubiläen gebühren grosse Worte. Die in solchen Momenten gepflegten rhetorischen Höhenflüge belobigen nicht selten Errungenschaften, die ohne die ursprünglichen Problembestimmungen, die der Gründung des gefeierten Vereins zugrunde lagen, gar nicht als erstrebenswert aufgefallen wären. Um es mit einem bekannten Diktum auszudrücken: "Mit der Technik von heute schaffen wir…

The demarcation between debt and equity is a long-standing core constituent of company and taxation law the world over. However, its sustainability for national and international taxation regimes is increasingly the subject of doubt. Domestic and international proposals for reform are directed towards either rendering the classification of financial instruments as equity or debt…

Der Schweizer M&A-Markt startete vielversprechend ins Jahr 2014. Insbesondere das Transaktionsvolumen entwickelte sich im 1. Quartal 2014 sehr erfreulich. So
wurde im vergangenen Quartal mit einem Wert von 26,0 Mrd. USD das höchste Quartalsvolumen seit eineinhalb Jahren verzeichnet. Zum Vergleich: Im gesamten Jahr 2013 betrug das Gesamtvolumen aller angekündigten…

We analyze the impact of renewable energies, wind and photovoltaic, on the formation of day-ahead electricity prices at EEX. We give an overview of the policy decisions concerning the promotion of renewable energy sources in Germany, and discuss their consequences on day-ahead prices. An analysis of electricity spot prices reveals that the introduction of renewable energies enhances…