Wirtschaftslehre der Unternehmung in Hauptgedanken ihrer theoretischen Begründung

Ohne ZusammenfassungGewidmet der Tschechischen Technischen Hochschule in Prag — dieser ältesten öffentlichen ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Schule Europas —zum 250-jährigen Jubiläum (1707 bis 1957) im festen Glauben an eine baldige Vereinigung aller Prager Hochschulen technischer Richtung in das organische Ganzeder Technischen Universität und in der Überzeugung von der Notwendigkeit der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät als eines unabtrennbaren Bestandteiles dieser Universität.     

The recent worldwide economic crisis and the welfare of children: The case of Cuba

As a consequence of the deeply interdependent nature of today's world, Cuba has been affected by the world recession and by the critical roles of international trade and finance. However, the Cuban government has maintained a constant commitment to the protection of the poor and the children through increasing allocations of resources to education and health and through the promotion of increased levels of popular participation. This paper describes the improvements in the areas of nutrition, health and education and the persistent problems in the area of housing. It shows that the improvements observed have reached the majority of the population, eliminating great disparities.     

Reform of the CAP : Impact on the Third World

The European Community is under pressure to reform the CAP, mainly due to internal financial reasons. Proposals have been put forward by the EC Commission that reform the CAP with respect to milk, oils and fats, and corngluten and citrus pellets. The authors look at the impact of these proposals on developing countries. They conclude that the effect will be to increase non-tariff barriers to trade and increase the cost of food production both in and outside the EC.     

Instability in the labor market for researchers

R&D is both an activity which involves team effort, and with many of the features of a zero-sum game. This paper shows that these characteristics make the labor market for researchers unstable in the sense that firms have incentives to continuously change the composition of their research teams. Related results concerning the core of several cooperative games in characteristic form are also proved.     

Producer cooperatives: the British experience

The British producer coop movement, though small, is of particular interest because of its rapid current growth and its unusual variety of organizational forms. In this paper, the history, institutional structure, recent development and economic performance of the sector are discussed and policy implications drawn. It is concluded that coops should be particularly aware of problems in management, finance and internal democracy. There remains considerable scope for further public intervention including the formation of specialized support agencies for activities like marketing and training, and to assist in the creation of new coops.