Debt relief and beyond [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned and challenges ahead / / edited by Carlos A. Primo Braga, Dörte Dömeland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456867303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-35577-5; 9786612355776; 0-8213-7875-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (478 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BragaCarlos Alberto Primo <1954->; DömelandDörte <1971->
• Disciplina: 336.3/435091724
• Soggetti: Debt relief - Developing countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This book is the outcome of a conference titled 'Debt relief and beyond: a World Bank conference on debt and development,' held in October 2008 at the World Bank in Washington, D.C."--Preface.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Debt Relief; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Part II: Debt Sustainability; Part III: Odious Debt; Part IV: Debt Management; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The history of debt relief goes back several decades. It reveals that a country's accumulation of unsustainable debt stems from such factors as deficiencies in macroeconomic management, adverse terms-of-trade shocks, and poor governance. Debt-relief initiatives have provided debt-burdened countries with the opportunity for a fresh start, but whether the benefits of debt relief can be preserved depends on transformations in a country's policies and institutions.In 1996, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative was launched as the first comprehensive, multilateral, debt-relief frame

Organizational adaptation to discontinuous technological change : the effects of family influence and organizational identity / / Nadine Kammerlander, foreword by Bjorn Ivens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910438065703321
• Autore: Kammerlander Nadine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, 2013
• ISBN: 3-658-01315-X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Collana: Familienunternehmen und KMU
• Disciplina: 658.4062; 658.5/14; 658.514
• Soggetti: Family-owned business enterprises
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Discontinuous technological change -- Family Businesses and family influence -- Conceptual framework of family influence and adoption of discontinuous technological change -- Empirical evidence.
• Sommario/riassunto: Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. Nadine Kammerlander reveals crucial differences between the challenges that family-owned and managed firms face as compared to non-family firms. Series of case studies in the German retailing and book publishing industries illustrate those differences. Empirical evidence further shows how organizational identity affects whether and in what way firms adapt to radical shifts in their environment. Der Inhalt · Discontinuous Technological Change · Familiy Businesses and Familiy Influence · Empirical Evidence on how Family Influence and on how Organizational Identity Affects Organization Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change Die Zielgruppen · Researchers and students in the fields of management, entrepreneurship, strategy and family businesses · Owners and managers of family businesses as well as consultants of family firms Die AutorIn Dr. Nadine Kammerlander wrote der dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Björn Ivens at the Chair of Marketing ; at the University of Bamberg. She works as a post-doc researcher at the Center for Family Business, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. About the Editors The series Familienunternehmen und KMU is edited by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack, Prof. Dr. Andrea Calabrò, Prof. Dr. Hermann Frank, Prof. Dr. Franz W. Kellermanns Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Thomas Zellweger.