This book is a valuable companion for everyone who is interested in the historical context of the co-evolution of financial markets and information technologies in the last 30 years. The contributors analyze system architectures and solution technologies in banking and finance b…
In the 1980s and 1990s, market reforms swept the world. It is widely believed that the reformist wave can be partly explained in terms of the lessons learned from policy failures of the past. Whereas this interpretation of events is well established, it has never been empiricall…
Die Liberalisierung des Strommarktes im Jahre 1998 führte zu einem intensiven Stromhandel. Infolge des seither eingetretenen Konzentrationsprozesses kontrollieren inzwischen vier Unternehmen das gesamte deutsche Transportnetz. Durch diese neuen, monopolähnlichen Strukturen hat -…