This contributed volume focuses on the management and governance of international business networks (IBN). Specifically, the chapters refer to theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and case study papers from all areas in economics and management of IBN. These include cooperatives, franchising, retail chains, strategic alliances, public-private partnerships and new network forms in the digital economy. This book is ideal for researchers and strategists who are keen to improve their understanding of the latest developments in the field.

Research Paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: This research paper will survey models and experiments for decisions involving outcomes of different amounts at different points of time. Experiments have shown that people like to get rewards earlier than later in time. This is what the concept of Intertemporal choice implies. Thus, this paper will consider theoretical concepts including discounted utility, hyperbolic and quasy-hyperbolic models as well as empirical results indicating how people really make such decisions.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: A, - (UBT - Faculty of Management, Business, and Economics), course: Advanced Economics, language: English, comment: Prof. Dr. T. S. was my supervisor, who honored my research work with 100% out of 100%., abstract: This thesis will briefly introduce the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in helping its members and its role today. Secondly, it will highlight the role of IMF in Kosova, its first missions in Kosova and its recommendations aid and economic activities. Finally, it will show commitments of the Kosova's Government expressed in the LOI and IMF report and recommendations for Kosova in May 2006 combined with extracted author's conclusion and recommendations.

Research Paper from the year 2008 in the subject Technology, grade: Second class - Merit, University of Sussex (SPRU - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCH), course: International Management, language: English, abstract: The research will firstly describe some of the types of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and its general impact on management, secondly elaborate the effect of ICT in International Companies' (IC) strategies, thirdly elaborate the effect of ICT in ICs' organizational structures, and on the way it will elaborate how can all this types of ICT as alternative resource-use systems impact the long-term wealth, well-being and productivity of ICs, and finally how ICT can help ICs operate in a more environmentally accepted way.

Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2 (Second Class), University of Sussex (SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research), course: International Management, language: English, abstract: The research plans to show the importance of the leadership role of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Managing Innovation. This has also attracted the focus of researchers analysing leadership styles and its relation to innovation. Innovation is a transition from traditional methods to modern ways of providing products, services, processes, business models and much more. However, factors that have continuously kept innovation ever-increasing have not yet been clearly identified. Effectively, CEOs have their own role in the process of managing innovation allowing, initiating and monitoring the processes, products, services offered by public or private sectors. Therefore, this dissertation plans to compare the CEOs leadership role in two leading online world companies Yahoo and Google that are rapidly facing the growing demands for modernisation of their offerings. The comparison will attempt to test a hypothesis that relates Yahoo and Google CEOs' role in selection of strategy, acquisitions and management style, and its effect in innovation outcomes.