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The market for external ratings is dominated worldwide as well as in the European Union (EU) by three major credit rating agencies (CRAs). These “Big Three” are Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's and Fitch Ratings. Due to the oligopolistic market structure and possible involvement in the 2008 financial crisis, the rating agencies have constantly come under criticism. This was associated with stricter regulatory requirements to ease the situation. The EU-Regulation on credit rating agencies („CRA-Regulation“) coming into force 2009 and its amendments in 2011 and in 2013 have mainly governed such regulation. The aim of the article is to analyse potential regulatory impact on the still inherent oligopolistic situation on the EU rating market in the context of the CRA-Regulation. Selected key figures are used to observe over a defined period of time if and how the dominance has changed. The motivation for this article is the observation, that political and private efforts to establish a European rating agency as a counterweight to the three major agencies and other approaches to increase competition in the rating market, followed, which has not been resounding to date. In summary, it is shown that new agencies have a potential impact on the EU rating market and that the three major rating agencies still dominate the market but within a changed environment.
Vanadium carbide (VC) reinforced FeCrVC hardfacings have become important to improving the lifetime of tools suffering abrasive and impressive loads. This is because the microstructural properties of such hardfacings enable the primary VCs to act as obstacles against the penetrating abrasive. Because dilution is supposed to be the key issue influencing the precipitation behaviour of primary carbides during surfacing, the development of deposit welding processes exhibiting a reduced thermal impact, and hence lower dilution to the base material, is the primary focus of the current research. By inserting an additional hot wire in the melt, an approach was developed to separate the material and energy input during gas metal arc welding (GMAW) and hence realised low dilution claddings. The carbide content could be increased, and a grain refinement was observed compared with conventional GMAW. These effects could be attributed to both the reduced dilution and heterogeneous nucleation.
Sustainability is a growing megatrend in our society entailing an increasing importance of sustainable consumption. Consumers associate sustainable products with ecological and regional production including a high credibility. In order to take advantage of this trend manufacturers of sustainable foods must communicate the sustainability of their products via packaging and displays at the point of sale. The objective of this article is to examine how the design of display elements succeeds in conveying sustainability for a new organic juice. In addition, the perception of individual design elements of sustainable products is determined. To this end, a field study was carried out in a supermarket combining eye-tracking technology with a survey of 32 customers. At the entrance, customers were asked to buy a variety of the newly introduced "Emsländer" organic juice, and then participate in the survey. The results demonstrate that customers with a positive attitude towards sustainable food fixate individual display elements referring to sustainability components for longer and remember product features better. Hence, the positive attitude towards sustainable food results in a higher visual attention at the point of sale. These findings provide recommendations for the design of the display.
The accounting of small and medium enterprises is specific, compared to the accounting of large enterprises, for several reasons. First of all, lower business volume implies less demanding accounting in terms of less turnover and the number of accounts to be processed, lower financial reporting requirements, more favourable tax treatment is expected and the like. Practical experience in the years of application of EU-accounting directives, which represent the framework of financial reporting of companies at the EU level, pointed to certain difficulties or excessive administrative burden of small and medium enterprises in relation to the requirements for large companies and identified areas for improvement. The complexity of these regulations as well as problems in practical application have led to the need to develop and publish a revised single accounting directive (2013/34/EU). This Directive was primarily adopted with the aim of simplifying the accounting and financial reporting of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Today, it is common for small and medium-sized enterprises to go beyond the borders of one country. In the internationalization of business, SMEs face many challenges and potential barriers. First of all, it refers to financial, human and procedural barriers, but also to informational barriers related to regulations, rules and laws of other countries. Since the accounting and tax treatment of the same business transaction may differ between countries, it seems entirely justified to investigate whether there are differences in the regulation and regulation of the accounting system between the two countries. This paper compares the characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises’ accounting systems between two economically strongly connected countries, Germany and Croatia, which is the main goal of this paper. It is well known that financial reporting is a particularly important, final phase of accounting data processing. Namely, financial reporting system of these two countries is compared by using the method of comparison and classification analysis. The types and scope of financial statements have been defined and the content of financial statements that SMEs are obliged to compile and publish has been analysed. The paper pays additional attention to the analysis of similarities and differences between these two accounting regulations as well as current events in the implementation of the revised accounting directive into national legislation, especially in simplifying the financial reporting of the smallest, but numerically most represented micro enterprises. The important finding of the research show that some changes have been made but there is still room to improve accounting regulations for this segment of entrepreneurship.
Seit Jahren ist die steuerliche Behandlung von Aufwendungen für ein häusliches Arbeitszimmer ein immer wiederkehrendes Thema in der Fachliteratur. Auch zahlreiche Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Finanzamt resultieren aus der (Nicht-)Berücksichtigung dieser Aufwendungen. In der Vergangenheit wurden bereits etliche Gerichtsurteile zu unterschiedlichen Fallkonstruktionen aus diesem Bereich gesprochen. Momentan hat das Thema erneut an Aktualität gewonnen. So arbeitet aufgrund der derzeit herrschenden Pandemie eine große Anzahl an Steuerpflichtigen (erstmals) im Homeoffice und wendet sich ratsuchend mit Fragen zu den entsprechenden steuerlichen Folgen an ihre steuerlichen Berater. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich unter Heranziehung einschlägiger Urteile mit der steuerlichen Behandlung von Aufwendungen für ein häusliches Arbeitszimmer, nimmt Stellung zu den Möglichkeiten der steuerlichen Abzugsfähigkeit in der aktuellen besonderen Situation, analysiert diese kritisch und formuliert konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen.
Sustainability Research
(2020)
Seitdem die Vereinten Nationen die Verwirklichung eines weltweiten nachhaltigen Entwicklungsprozesses propagiert haben, hat sich eine umfangreiche Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Sustainability Research) herausgebildet. Es wird untersucht, wie die drei Komponenten der Nachhaltigkeit, die soziale, die ökologische und die ökonomische Nachhaltigkeit, umgesetzt werden können. Aus der Vielzahl der Forschungsbeiträge zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit wird im vorliegenden Band eine Auswahl präsentiert, die im Einflussbereich der Herausgeber der Schriftenreihe "Lingener Studien zu Management und Technik" bis zum Jahr 2019 entstand.
Fridays Lectures for Future
(2020)
Die Bewegung "Fridays for Future" hat der Umwelt- und der Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion neuen Schwung gegeben. Schüler demonstrieren für mehr Umweltschutz. Im Mittelpunkt steht die CO2-Reduzierung als Gegenmaßnahme zum weltweit erkennbaren Klimawandel und seinen Folgen. Zur Unterstützung der Diskussionen um verstärkten Umwelt- und Klimaschutz sowie mehr Nachhaltigkeit werden in diesem Band "Fridays Lectures for Future" fünfzehn Lektionen zum Themenbereich Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit vorgestellt. Es handelt sich um eine Auswahl von Themen, die selbstverständlich nicht das ganze, sehr umfangreiche Problemfeld widerspiegeln können. Es bleibt die Hoffnung, dass die ausgewählten Themenbereiche für den interessierten Leser Ansporn zu einem intensiven Selbststudium sind, um sich weitere Themen zu erschließen.