This paper introduces scenario planning as a tool to explore plausible developments for SMEs in the Netherlands until 2040. Globalization has resulted in the emergence of an increasingly borderless society with greater unrestricted movement of information, travel, and currency between countries....

Migration is a key feature of a modern and open society. A new feature is that migration shows a high degree of heterogeneity and hence has various complex impacts on the economy. This paper aims to map out the causes and consequences of heterogeneous immigration flows. It sets out a policy...