While the so-called "New perspective in Paul" has been in the focus of New Testament exegesis for more than 25 years now, ancient interpretations of Pauline texts and ideas have been neglected widely. The present volume aims to fill this gap. Its articles concentrate on three different foci of moder[...]

Have you ever felt frustrated with Microeconomics texts? Adopting a student-focused approach, this title includes chapters that are structured like a seminar, with the aim of teaching skills, developing intuition, and discussing various areas of possible misunderstanding of the field.[...]

To solve real-world issues, the model of transdisciplinary research, which uses approaches from both the hard and social sciences, has recently come to the forefront. It allows researchers to look at a problem from many angles, with the goal of making both societal and scientific advances. This prim[...]

Inspired by Max Weber's Protestant ethic thesis, this book examines the intersection of Russia's economic transformation and religious revival in the sphere of morality. As revealed through the ethnographic study of businessmen in the city of Vladimir, the relations between Church and State, politic[...]

Es gibt seit einigen Jahren eine internationale politik- und verwaltungswissenschaftliche Diskussion zu strukturell verselbstandigten Behorden ausserhalb der Ministerialverwaltung ( Agencies ). Ausgangspunkt ist die Beobachtung, dass bei der Ausgestaltung der Steuerungsbeziehungen zwischen Ministeri[...]

Spiralbindung

On the basis of a survey conducted with 133 project managers, Tobias Huth presents an empirical analysis of the organizational success drivers of cross-functional new product development projects. It is shown that certain antecedents should be permanently employed, while others should be managed dyn[...]