infonet-economy

We study retail deposit withdrawals from commercial banks which were
differentially exposed to distress during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. We show that the propensity of households to withdraw deposits increases with the severity of bank distress. Withdrawal risk is, however, substantially mitigated by strong bank-client relationships. Considering the most distressed bank...

In 1979, writer Tom DeFalco was paired with artist and cocreator of Spider-Man, Steve Ditko, to work on an issue of Machine Man, one of the many superheroes populating the universe of Marvel Comics. Instead of the usual introduction and business chatter, Ditko challenged DeFalco during a first conversation: "Are you Tom? What gives you the right to write about heroes?" (...

This article outlined future challenges for organizations and their problembased
responses. Changing business landscapes urge organizations to develop
new business logics for the sake of increased survivability. Individual
organizations are bound by restricted resource pools, and hence, open up
for collaborative approaches. Undoubtedly, organizations morph...

We report on modeling work that shows how the market, technology,
civil society and the state govern the diffusion of energy-efficient renovations in
Switzerland's stock of residential, multifamily buildings. The particular focus of
this chapter is on the policy implications that we drew from an extensive System
Dynamics modeling study. We conclude that...

The quest for the ecological sustainability of planet earth could be much more successful than is currently the case. The purpose of my presentation is to corroborate this claim and to propose a structure by which a sustainable future can be achieved. The issue of sustainability has been addressed in different contexts - local, regional and worldwide. I maintain that these efforts...

In the last two decades, economic motivation research has undergone a paradigm shift when it comes to the effect of incentive schemes on individual performance and motivation. Inspired by self-determination theory, a new branch in economics evolved called behavioral economics. Especially by evidencing the negative effect of “pay-for-performance” on intrinsic motivation, called the “...