Business and Finance

This area provides up-to-date and interesting developments from the world of business, economics and finance.

A wealth of information is available on topics ranging from stock markets, consumer climate, labor market policies, bond markets, foreign trade and interest rate trends to stock exchange news and economic forecasts.

Targeted search for new ideas

The pressure is being felt not only by major international groups but also by the small and medium-size enterprises that fuel the job market in Germany. To…

Family firms perform better than other businesses

Author Jim Lee finds that family firms tend to experience higher employment and revenue growth over time and are overall more profitable than nonfamily…

International investment could ease global infrastructure woes, researchers say

Natural disasters can take a tremendous toll on life when infrastructure fails, particularly in developing countries. Ryan Orr, executive director of the…

Football losses send Stock Exchange plunging

However, victories do not show a corresponding rise.Øyvind Norli, an associate professor at BI Norwegian School of Management, Diego Garcia from the Tuck…

The exchange rate game

What actually happens when the rate for the US dollar goes up or down by one krone in the course of a year?, asks Geir Høidal Bjønnes, associate professor at BI Norwegian School of Management.

This is a puzzle in which economists world-wide are constantly searching for the missing pieces and where macroeconomic models are of no assistance.

However what if, instead of looking at macroeconomic conditions, we study the players in this game, the large banks’ foreign exchan

World Biodiversity Day and the issues for overseas regions

Europe, and particularly France, are in a unique position in terms of the diversity of their overseas communities, outermost regions (ORs) and overseas countries and territories (OCTs). These regions, which may be islands or continental and are often in the tropics, are home to an exceptional degree of biodiversity, but it is under great threat. They also shed light on and are of use in assessing the impact of human activity on biodiversity.

Our understanding of the interactions between b

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