Die rasante Digitalisierung unserer Welt hat die Entwicklung digitaler Kompetenzen zu einem zentralen Anliegen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gemacht. Während globale Akteure wie die USA, China, Südkorea und Japan in technologischen Innovationen führend sind, sieht sich die Europäische...

Die rasante Digitalisierung unserer Welt hat die Entwicklung digitaler Kompetenzen zu einem zentralen Anliegen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gemacht. Während globale Akteure wie die USA, China, Südkorea und Japan in technologischen Innovationen führend sind, sieht sich die Europäische...

The aim of this paper is to show the importance of accounting information for management, especially in medium-sized companies. Sampling was carried out according to the accidental principle, after which we selected 300 medium-sized and large companies. We used the questionnaire, which was...

Kaizen is the Japanese concept of management based on a philosophy of eternal change, which is to keep a continuous improvement process going. This article shows, that the Kaizen philosophy provides an appropriate strategic basis for establishing a continuous innovation process in medium-sized...

There is no doubt that an improved hazardous waste management in mining and mineral processing will reduce environmental and health risks in South Africa. However, skeptics fear that waste reduction, appropriate treatment and disposal are not affordable within the current economic circumstances,...

We consider an industry with firms that produce a final good emitting pollution to different degree as a side effect. Pollution is regulated by a tradable quota system where some quotas may have been allocated at the outset, i.e. before the quota market is opened. We study how volatility in...

The topic of environmental sustainability is generating increased concern among business executives, governments, consumers, and management scholars. As these stakeholders struggle with the challenges and opportunities presented by an array of environmental issues, HRM scholars and practitioners...

There is plenty of literature analyzing the environmental management practices of firms, from a multisectorial perspective as well as a sectorial perspective. Nevertheless, very few studies have been carried out in the construction sector, probably because of the peculiarities of the industry...

We consider an intertemporal policy game between changing governments that differ in their attitudes towards a particular feature of market outcomes, exemplified with environmental pollution. When in power, a government will choose policy instruments and set strictness of regulation with a view...