Since the beginning of business research and teaching, the basic assumptions of the discipline have been intensely debated. One of these basic assumptions concerns the behavioral aspects of human beings, which are traditionally represented in the construct of homo economicus. These assumptions...

Since the beginning of business research and teaching, the basic assumptions of the discipline have been intensely debated. One of these basic assumptions concerns the behavioral aspects of human beings, which are traditionally represented in the construct of homo economicus. These assumptions...

In this paper, we investigate the role of educational ties in private equity. Although we cannot observe all the funds that bid for a target company, we construct the set of potential bidders based upon their size and investment cycle, as well as the location and sector of their target...

In recent decades, academia has addressed a wide range of research topics in the field of ethical decision-making. Besides a great amount of research on ethical consumption, also the domain of ethical investments increasingly moves in the focus of scholars. While in this area most research...

Einleitung -- Die Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Werturteile – Eine historisch-kritische Analyse und Standortbestimmung -- Wirtschafts- bzw. Unternehmensethik: Eine Analyse des Forschungsstandes -- Konzeption einer subjektunabhängigen, analytischen Unternehmensethik -- Resümee und Ausblick.

Mit den vorangegangenen Ausführungen konnte ein Beitrag zur konzeptionellen sowie anwendungsbezogenen empirischen Grundlagenforschung im Controlling unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Vorgehensweise am Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensrechnung und Controlling geleistet werden. Nach einer...