In view of the universities' role as a source of qualified labour, the paper aims at exploring what motivations determine students¡¯ career choice. Therefore, we performed a cross-sectional study of the underlying motives for the career intentions of 645 students from two German universities....

Die vorliegende Studie hat zum Ziel, die beruflichen Vorstellungen von Studierenden sowie die entsprechenden Beweggründe empirisch zu erfassen. Grundlage hierfür bildet eine reprä-sentative Erhebung unter 673 Studierenden der Technischen Universität Ilmenau, die im Zeitraum von April bis...

The patentability of computer software is at the European and the national level under a controversial discussion, which in the present paper is analyzed in view of their economic legitimation. The article describes the characteristics of 'software' and indicates the implication that emanate...

The objective of this article is to set a cornerstone to compare and understand the phenomenon of graduate entrepreneurship in developing and developed countries. Our central research questions are: Are there differences in the entrepreneurial intentions of university students? What are the...

Environmental and social sustainability have been major social and political issues in recent times. This study aims to analyse the relationship between governments' socio-environmental policies and firms' economic and socio-environmental performance. To achieve this main objective, a...

The objective of this study is to identify evidence of collaborative behaviour in territorial cooperation networks. To this end, a qualitative investigation approach was adopted, by means of a case/network study - the Qualifica Association, where the instruments for collecting information were...

This study aims to analyse the impact of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the ecotourism sector. The main research objectives are to identify motives, critical success factors and obstacles for partnerships between the public and private sectors in ecotourism and to assess the benefits of...

Internationalisation as a strategic element in the current context of globalisation is increasingly a determinant of business success. Based on the literature in the area of internationalisation and networks, through a case study - a cooperation network involving small and medium-sized...

Este artigo pretende analisar a evolução do conceito de capital sob o ponto de vista da História, da Sociologia, da Economia e da Gestão. Para além disso, propõe uma tipologia básica sobre a informação de Capital, tendo por base os componentes financeiros, técnicos, e humanos, que...

Este artigo discute um fenómeno emergente dentro do contexto organizacional e, em particular, dentro da área do marketing. Apesar do pequeno número de estudos que têm abordado este tipo de instrumento empresarial, neste artigo descreve-se a aplicabilidade do conceito de marketing dentro de...