Discussions of the importance of public attitudes in shaping policy often lack clear evidence on causal relations between stated attitudes and observed behaviours. The 2011 OECD Survey of over 12,000 households allows analysing households’ environmental attitudes and behaviours in five...

This chapter discusses the ongoing transformations of the French defence support. Considering the importance of economic activities related to defence support, this contribution aims at discussing the evolution of defence support and its costs for the State. The literature in defence economics...

Was bedeutet Kontextualisierung von Inhalten, Produkten und Dienstleistungen? -- Context Design in jeder Situation das passende Angebot -- Big Data: Kundenwünsche messen und vorhersagen -- Die erfolgreichsten Business-Stories und was man von ihnen lernen kann -- Die neuen Gesetze des Context...

Despite rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Chile has remained high and remarkably constant over the last 20 years, prompting academic and public interest in the subject. Due to data limitations, however, research on inequality in Chile has concentrated on the national and...