Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis -- Chapter 3 National Intellectual Capital Development of the Five Emerging European Countries -- Chapter 4 Beyond the 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 5 Future Prospectives and Policy Implications.

This paper studies the impact of routine job tasks on workers wages in the German labour market. Using nationally representative data from the German Employment Survey, the paper finds that routine job tasks are negatively and significantly associated with workers hourly wages; the negative...

This paper proposes a method to evaluate health losses or gains by looking at the impact on well-being of a change in health status. The paper presents estimates of the equivalent income change that would be necessary to change general satisfaction with life to the same extent as a change in...

Introduction -- Background for the Empirical Analyses: Institutional Details and Data -- Centralized versus Decentralized Welfare Administration -- The Employment Effects of an Intensified Use of Benefit Sanctions -- The Effectiveness of Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs --...

Increased longevity means that current structures for employment and retirement in Switzerland are not sustainable. To enable individuals and companies to thrive in our ageing society, changes in our social norms and attitudes about work and ageing need to occur. Philippa Dengler examines what...

How can Africa, the world's most lagging region, benefit from globalisation and achieve sustained economic growth? Africa needs greater investment by Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to improve competitiveness and generate more growth through positive spill-over effects. Despite the fact that...

Contents -- Foreword: Markku Markkula -- Foreword -- Bror Salmelin: Foreword: Se-Hwa Wu -- Preface: Leif Edvinsson -- Preface: Carol Yeh-Yun Lin -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Impact of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- 3. National Intellectual Capital Development of the Four...