Most Popular Books by Michael Wolff

The 1st Swift Generations novel, this one featuring Tom Swift (the original one). 1930: and the eyes of the scientific world are gazing into space in the hopes of locating the elusive object known as "Planet X". Every observatory and astronomer in the world is devoting resources to the prestigious hunt. When the brilliant scientist and inventor Tom Swift receives a request to assist an astronomer with the project he had no way of predicting the adventure which will follow. But all too soon he confronts fiery assailants who disappear at will... attempts on the lives of his family... and a mysterious figure called "The Falcon". What starts out as a worthwhile puzzle soon becomes a battle of wits between Tom and a diabolical mastermind.

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Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Akzeptanz der aktuellen Version des Deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK) durch die DAX- und MDAX-Gesellschaften. Tendenziell ergibt sich, dass der überwiegende Teil der "Soll-Empfehlungen“ des DCGK umgesetzt wird. Auf Ebene einzelner Kapitel oder Paragraphen besteht jedoch substantielle Heterogenität: Ausgewählte Empfehlungen werden von einem Teil der Unternehmen systematisch abgelehnt. Weitergehende Analysen zeigen, dass dies auf ökonomische Unternehmenscharakteristika zurückzuführen ist. Allerdings beabsichtigen die Gesellschaften eine weitere Annäherung an den DCGK. We analyze the compliance behavior of German listed firms with the German Corporate Governance Code in 2010. Our sample covers DAX and MDAX corporations which published their compliance statement until the end of February 2011. We generally find a high compliance level, however some individual Code recommendations show substantial heterogeneity. The results of the further analysis are twofold. First, we find that these deviations are closely related to firm characteristics. Second, we derive a likely increase of the compliance rates in 2011, according to firms'' explanations for Code deviation.