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The aim of the paper was to present the organization of agricultural consulting in Germany. The genesis of agricultural consulting, its role, and classification of agricultural consulting offer by financing and implementation, as well as organization of agricultural consulting in the federal...
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This paper presents an innovative process-orientated self-evaluation method regarding sustainable rural development processes, developed by the University of Göttingen in cooperation with rural actors and a consultant. This method, which is also available online, can be employed by rural...
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Agri-environmental schemes provide payments for farmers in return for environmental services. Their implementation induces transaction costs for administration and farmers. Although transaction costs became subject of research in recent years, little attention has been paid to activities which...
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In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we neither find compelling evidence for a specialisation...
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acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect. The study is based on new high-quality panel data for manufacturing …
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Only recently have the aspects of pollution and environmental protection entered into the empirical literature about international firm activities. The present paper is the first firmlevel study on the link between foreign ownership and environmental protection in Germany. We find that, ceteris...
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The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. However, it becomes clear upon closer inspection that macro trends alone cannot provide...
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simultaneity issues, using newly created panel data for German manufacturing firms. Germany is an ideal case for testing the …
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study that started two years ago: the KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer – Manufacturing Industry Edition. The aim is to shed light on … recent developments in the German manufacturing industry that are driven by European climate and energy regulations and the … German energy transition in particular. The study is based on a survey among German manufacturing firms. The results are …
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