WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium

This article discusses the research contributions for which Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2024. This article honours, firstly, their empirical studies on the...

The concept of ESG-factors has become established on financial markets by investors for sustainable finance. Related information risks lead to a new category of financing risks. This article introduces a definition of these ESG-risks and shows how...

This article presents the results from the preceding case study ”Which approach to securities investment is more successful in the long term: Cost Averaging versus Lump Sum Investment. An analysis based on historical price data” by the authors...

It is not the desire of German managers to control their employees that is preventing the possibility of working from home in many companies in Germany. Rather, there are lines of conflict between employers and trade unions, as the advantages of...

This article outlines recent findings of empirical moral research and explains their (economic) political implications, in particular their significance for the moral paradox of modernity.

In the context of increasing workloads, the individual strengths of employees are playing an ever more significant role. The individual resource of psychological capital, comprising self-efficacy, optimism, hope, and resilience, is crucial for the...

Corporate financing should include innovative forms of financing as well as traditional ones. In the context of digitalization and decentralized financing, innovative sources of financing can be used that already represent a billion-euro market. One...

Make-or-buy analyses are an integral part of strategic business planning. They have been used for many years to find solutions to business management issues. As the competitive factor „sustainability“ has gained in importance, classic planning...

An aggregation of various company activities on different markets leads to a lack of information for the addressees in the annual financial statements, which means that there is a need to publish additional accounting information about product...

The article compares the Cost Average strategy and lump-sum investment, addressing timing issues, emotions, and rationality in investments. Financial theories and behavioral economics deepen the understanding. Numerical examples analyze the...

The rise of populist parties in Europe is due to various factors, including structural change, rising inequality and migration. The EU is vulnerable to populist influences. Populism tends to lead to higher national debt, inflation and a weakening of...

This two-part case study builds on the article „Lump Sum Investment vs. Cost Average Strategy: Which is more advantageous for the investor?“ of the authors in the present magazine, WiSt, No. 11/2024. In this context, it explains how the...

The article focuses on teamwork in scientific research at German professorships using the example of collective writing of journal articles. Mechanical engineering, biology, and sociology serve as comparative disciplines to business administration...

Against the backdrop of demographic change, the German economy is increasingly reliant on skilled labour from outside Europe. Germany has already been successful in this respect, particularly in India. However, labour migration is still far from...

This article deals with the importance of system changes for a more sustainable future. We ask for the extent of disruption that leads to more efficient and/or sufficient decisions. The challenges facing consumer behavior, the agricultural sector,...

The forecasts on the impact of a natural gas embargo on GDP in Germany, published in spring 2022, presented several significant discrepancies. We point out differences underlying the model calculations and measure the quality of the resulting...

The external production factor plays a central role in service production and management. His involvement in the production of services brings additional uncertainty into this process, which is particularly evident in the fact that the service...

We investigate gender-specific differences in winnings on the German version of the game show „Who wants to be a millionaire?“. The discrete and highly right-skewed distribution of winnings gives rise to interesting statistical problems. We show...