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In a strongly shifting market environment in the first half of2012 KfW held its own in its funding activities. As of 30 June 2012 already about EUR 50.4…
FIZ Karlsruhe has developed an innovative search function that adds significant value to Thomson Reuters’s renowned patent database Derwent World Patents…
Hedging refers to insuring against extreme fluctuations in the prices or quantities of commodities/securities.In “Risk Management and Firm Value: Evidence from…
Inexperienced mutual-fund managers and those working for funds with limited resources tend to invest too heavily in companies from their home states without…
The world's fixation on economic growth ignores a rapid and largely irreversible depletion of natural resources that will seriously harm future generations,…
A new study by supply-chain researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that the relationship between major retailers such as Walmart and Target and their…