Over the last two decades, business has taken a more systematic approach to understanding its impact on all of its stakeholders. Companies are striving to operate in a more sustainable way to improve the environmental, social and economic impact of their activities. Even today, the interest in...

Conflict, as a unique form of interaction involving the clash of interests between participants in social relations, serves as a necessary condition for the development of civilisation. Contradictions have accompanied humanity throughout its history, finding reflection in the literature, art,...

This study investigates the firm’s response to parental leave induced worker absence. Combining a 20-week maternal leave expansion in Norway and detailed matched employer-employee data between 1983 and 2013, we identify the causal impact of absence on outcomes using a shift-share design....

We examine financial reporting and firm operations, focusing specifically on the roles of 'enterprise risk management' (ERM), within which a holistic approach is taken to the conceptualization and management of all types of risk. We measure ERM implementation based on information obtained from...

Das ifo Geschäftsklima Ostdeutschland basiert auf ca. 1700 monatlichen Meldungen von Unternehmen, von denen ca. 500 aus Sachsen stammen. Die Befragungsteilnehmer*innen kommen aus dem Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, dem Dienstleistungssektor, dem Handel und dem Bauhauptgewerbe. Die Unternehmen werden...

Im Jahr 2024 dürfte die Wirtschaftsleistung in Ostdeutschland (mit Berlin) um 0,3% zugelegt haben, während es in Sachsen zu einem Rückgang um 0,5% gekommen ist. Für das Jahr 2025 rechnet das ifo Institut mit einer moderaten Erholung. Dann dürfte das Wirtschaftswachstum in Ostdeutschland...

Das ifo Geschäftsklima Ostdeutschland basiert auf ca. 1700 monatlichen Meldungen von Unternehmen, von denen ca. 500 aus Sachsen stammen. Die Befragungsteilnehmer*innen kommen aus dem Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, dem Dienstleistungssektor, dem Handel und dem Bauhauptgewerbe. Die Unternehmen werden...

Digitalisierung verändert die Unternehmenskommunikation radikal. Nicht nur Aktionäre und Unternehmensorgane, sondern auch Finanzintermediäre nutzen zunehmend schnelle, adaptive und breit verfügbare Kommunikationsmedien. Der vorliegende Band analysiert diese Veränderungen empirisch sowie aus...

This study investigates the firm’s response to parental leave induced worker absence. Combining a 20-week maternal leave expansion in Norway and detailed matched employer-employee data between 1983 and 2013, we identify the causal impact of absence on outcomes using a shift-share design....

We study the internal organization of manufacturing firms in Uganda. We measure what people do within firms and find limited specialization, far below what is feasible given the prevailing production process and average firm size of 5.7 workers. We build and estimate an occupational choice model...

This paper reviews the literature on firm wage differences and the fixed effects methods typically used to measure these differences. High wage firms tend to be more productive, larger, more sought after by workers, and to employ more credentialed and higher wage workers. The latest evidence...

This study aims at assessing business landscape and growth determinants of microand small enterprises working in WASH sector. The study also investigates the efect of determinant factors on enterprise growth. The study population comprised 6000 enterprises working in six cities. The study used...

Wie ist das Verhältnis der Unternehmen zur öffentlichen Verwaltung in Deutschland? Für den "Jahresmonitor" hat das ifo Institut dazu fast 1800 Unternehmen befragt, davon rund 1400 Familienunternehmen verschiedenster Größe und Branchen. 57 Familienunternehmen in der Umfrage gehören den so...

This Eurobarometer survey, first conducted in 2013, and repeated in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2023, is designed to explore the level of corruption perceived and experienced by businesses employing one or more persons in the following six key sectors: energy, mining, oil and gas, chemicals; healthcare...

How do German firms view the upcoming US election and a possible second Donald Trump presidency? As part of the ifo Business Survey in September 2024, more than 2,000 German manufacturing firms were asked about the US election. 44 percent of German manufacturing firms anticipate negative impacts...

Das ifo Geschäftsklima Ostdeutschland basiert auf ca. 1 700 monatlichen Meldungen von Unternehmen, von denen ca. 500 aus Sachsen stammen. Die Befragungsteilnehmer*innen kommen aus dem Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, dem Dienstleistungssektor, dem Handel und dem Bauhauptgewerbe. Die Unternehmen werden...

Female Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States of America or Latina enterprises are emerging as an important conduit of national economic vitality. Using data from the 2023 Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative nationally representative survey of 1513 Latina-owned employer...

This paper provides new survey evidence on firms' inflation expectations in the euro area. Building on the ECB's Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE), we introduce consistent measurement of inflation expectations across countries and shed new light on the properties and causal...

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have generated intense interest and debate about their potential to reshape industries, labour markets and socio-economic structures. This volume presents a collection of academic papers stemming from "The Economic Perspective of...

Das ifo Geschäftsklima Ostdeutschland basiert auf ca. 1700 monatlichen Meldungen von Unternehmen, von denen ca. 500 aus Sachsen stammen. Die Befragungsteilnehmer*innen kommen aus dem Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, dem Dienstleistungssektor, dem Handel und dem Bauhauptgewerbe. Die Unternehmen werden...

By regulating how firms collect, store, and use data, privacy laws may change the role of data in production and alter firm demand for information technology inputs. We study how firms respond to privacy laws in the context of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by using seven...

Logistics and transport-production processes are critical components in the management of supply chains for enterprises. Increasing demands for the accessibility and efficiency of these processes necessitate further refinement of logistics theory and practice. The primary objective of this...