Die in der jüngsten Vergangenheit zu beobachtenden strukturellen Veränderungen der Unternehmenslandschaft berühren auch und gerade den Mittelstand. Wir unter-suchen Mittelstand im Spannungsfeld unserer definitorischen Merkmale, nämlich der Identität von Eigentum und Leitung einerseits und...

This study empirically investigates the relationship between an individual's concern about climate change and one's actions reducing the effects of climate change and intentions to pay for mitigating such effects. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of economic factors that may serve as a...

This study explores the relationship between energy and material efficiency innovations (EMEIs) and innovation strategies employed by manufacturing firms to develop their process innovations. Firms may mainly develop process innovations in-house, let them mainly develop by other enterprises or...

This paper empirically studies the relationship between different compliance strategies concerning environmental legislation and intentions of entrepreneurs to increase their firms’ material and energy efficiency in the next two years. Moreover, I examine the relationship between such...

Am Ausbildungsstellenmarkt wird es trotz des weiterhin bestehenden Bewerberüberhangs zunehmend schwieriger, das betriebliche Angebot und die Nachfrage der Jugendlichen zusammenzuführen. Seit einigen Jahren ist überdies (allein) die Anzahl der Ausbildungsbetriebe mit weniger als 10...

As a result of the last major reform of the German social security system, not only long-term unemployed but also employed persons are entitled to a new benefit – called Unemployment Benefit II – if the total income is below a legally binding subsistence level. For a few years,...

"Against the background of the existing theoretical and empirical evidence of skill-biased technological and organisational change, this paper investigates the effects of organisational change on labour demand between 1996 and 2004 using linked-employer-employee-data (LIAB) from the German...

"Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...