German prosecutors probe again into bribes by drug companies

Are Internet Companies Overvalued ( Again ) ?

Are surgeons accepting bribes?

he relationship of orthopedic surgeons to medical device companies has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months. A front-page article in the September 22, 2005, issue of The New York Times reported that a Louisiana orthopedic surgeon paid $10,000 in fines after state investigators determined that his consulting agreement with an implant manufacturer was an improper conflict of interest u...

BPM in German Companies - Information Gathering

This position paper outlines a method devised to gather information on companies involved in BPM from publicly available data. The method is based on searching for job openings on job search engines which are related to BPM. The assumption is that companies searching for new employees with skills regarding BPM are either involved in BPM or are about to be involved in BPM.

Doctors and drug companies.

When a great profession and the forces of capitalism interact, drama is likely to result. This has certainly been the case where the profession of medicine and the pharmaceutical industry are concerned. On display in the relationship between doctors and drug companies are the grandeur and weaknesses of the medical profession — its noble aspirations and its continuing inability to fulfill them. ...

Bribes , Lobbying , and Development

When faced with a regulatory constraint, firms can either comply, bribe the regulator to get around the rule, or lobby the government to relax it. We analyze this choice, and its consequences, in a simple dynamic model. In equilibrium, when the level of development is low, firms are more inclined to bend the rule through bribery but they tend to switch to lobbying when the level of development ...