Employee resilience is closely linked to well-being, happiness, and workplace performance. Many studies have suggested a connection between mindfulness and employee resilience. However, a notable distinction arises between Eastern spiritual mindfulness and Western scientific mindfulness,...

Environmental turbulence, which reflects the degree of complexity, volatility, and unpredictability of the external environment, impacts the performance of logistics service providers (LSPs) and has become vital for LSPs in recent years. Managers depend on logistics capabilities to hedge...

• Europa muss seine militärischen Fähigkeiten substanziell ausbauen und seine strategische Handlungsfähigkeit stärken, um die Abhängigkeit von externen Akteuren zu reduzieren. • Dieser Vorschlag skizziert eine europäische Verteidigungsarchitektur der Zukunft, die auf...

• Europe must urgently strengthen its defence capabilities and secure strategic autonomy to avoid vulnerability to external pressures. • The proposal outlines a European Future of Defence Architecture focusing on next generation military technologies and strategic enablers (like AI, cyber,...

• Europa muss seine militärischen Fähigkeiten substanziell ausbauen und seine strategische Handlungsfähigkeit stärken, um die Abhängigkeit von externen Akteuren zu reduzieren. • Dieser Vorschlag skizziert eine europäische Verteidigungsarchitektur der Zukunft, die auf...

Post-pandemic, cities face new challenges in adapting to global changes, while also addressing the needs, practices, and capabilities of diverse populations. Resilience, as a key factor, enables cities to adapt and transform in response to these challenges. Development driven by resilience is...

This study examined the integration of resilience strategies in the real estate industry, taking into account increasing climate risks, economic changes and technological advances. The work highlights the importance of Industry 4.0 and 5.0 and shows how they impact workflow optimization,...

The climate change literature broadly characterizes resilience as the capacity of the household to withstand the negative consequences of climate change. However, most studies on climate change resilience use a general or inconclusive relationship between resilience and the coping strategy of...

This article deals with three major issues. The first is digital transformation in the context of a smart city seeking continuous action to leverage technologies to improve the design and delivery of services. The second is resilience. The third is sustainable development, defined as one that...

Since the 1990s and 2000s, Uzbekistan has made considerable progress in improving food security through prioritizing self-sufficiency, crop diversification, and, recently, administrative reforms in the agriculture sector to strengthen this strategic sector of the country. However, growing...

More than three years after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, some of its global spillover effects continue to impact many low-income and lower-middle-income countries (LICs and LMICs). As the world faces new global shocks - such as aid cuts and rising US tariffs - this synthesis report...

Vor dem Hintergrund der postpandemischen Konstellation wurde die strukturelle Störungsanfälligkeit globaler Produktionssysteme deutlich sichtbar. Infolgedessen wird das Konzept der Lieferkettenresilienz zunehmend diskutiert und dabei insbesondere digitalen Anwendungen ein hohes Potenzial zur...

Over the past decades, Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a significant increase in natural disasters, posing significant threats to infrastructure and economic activity, particularly in regions with poor infrastructure. Understanding the patterns in recovery time after disasters...

This research expands and updates a previous analysis of social entrepreneurship, incorporating the academic literature published between 2017 and 2024. Using the Web of Science database and Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) technique, 1262 articles were analyzed, organized into three time periods...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic took a sledgehammer to the education sector, shattering the established structured systems, norms and rituals of practices and procedures. To ensure continuity whilst adhering to the pandemic-induced containment measures, higher education institutions...

Angesichts der zunehmenden Herausforderungen für die psychische Gesundheit und der psychosozialen Stressfaktoren im Erwachsenenalter gewinnt die Stärkung psychologischer Ressourcen wie Selbstwirksamkeit und Resilienz zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dieses Diskussionspapier fasst die Ergebnisse einer...

This book introduces a theory of the politics of unpaid labour, advancing our understanding of inequality within the context of precarious work. Arguing that this theory can help address the inequalities perpetuating the dynamics and processes underpinning stigma which surround the rise of...

This paper investigates the impact of regional institutional quality on economic growth and economic resilience. Using data collected by the Quality of Government Institute, we conduct a two-way fixed effect panel regression model for around 200 European regions during the period 2010 to 2021....

This study investigates the impact of new digital technologies on the resilience of firms to external shocks. Using rare comprehensive data on both the adoption of single and multiple new digital technologies, we employ a Difference-in-Differences methodology with propensity score matching to...

The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. It examines the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia, highlighting that while social assistance offers a...

This article assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and geopolitics on geographies of production. Criticizing simplified perspectives on globalized versus intraregional production, we stress the multi-scalarity, the role of industrial policies and sector-specific path...

Die Frage nach dem Ausmaß und der relativen Bedeutung von Diskriminierung für ethnische Ungleichheiten im deutschen Bildungssystem hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend Aufmerksamkeit erhalten. Ethnische Disparitäten im Schulerfolg werden teils auf diskriminierende Praktiken zurückgeführt,...

Supply chain resilience (SCRes) enables an organization to deal with disruptive changes over time. Previous research has often examined SCRes as a standalone concept, overlooking its multidimensional and complex roots that enable organizations to deal with change. This research integrates SCRes...

Over the past decades, Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a significant increase in natural disasters, posing significant threats to infrastructure and economic activity, particularly in regions with poor infrastructure. Understanding the patterns in recovery time after disasters...

Grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit hat sich in Europa seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs immer stärker etabliert und institutionalisiert, einhergehend mit EUFörderpolitiken und angepassten Instrumentarien. Insofern erschien der Blick vielfach in die Zukunft in Richtung einer sich...

Die letzten Jahre wurden von zahlreichen Krisen geprägt (Coronakrise, russischer Angriffskrieg und damit verbundene Gaskrise, Inflationskrise), die unterschiedliche räumliche Wirkungen hatten. Für Akteure der Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung stellt sich immer häufiger die Frage nach der...

Der Artikel betrachtet die Resilienz der grenzüberschreitenden Beziehungen Breisachs am Beispiel von zwei Projekten im Bereich der Verkehrsinfrastruktur und der Entwicklung eines Gewerbeparks. In einer vergleichenden Fallstudie (2018-2023) untersucht der Artikel - basierend auf...

Der Beitrag diskutiert die Krisenfestigkeit grenzüberschreitend-euroregionaler Politik- und Verwaltungskooperation in der deutsch-polnischen Grenzregion in Zeiten der Polykrise. Der räumliche Fokus liegt auf Brandenburg-Lubuskie, konkret auf den Euroregionen Pro Europa Viadrina und...

"Die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit muss krisenfester werden" - Sätze wie dieser sind häufig zu lesen, wenn es um Lehren geht, die grenzregionale Verantwortliche aus den Erfahrungen mit der Covid-19-Pandemie seit Frühjahr 2020 zogen. Unilaterales Handeln der Nationalstaaten hatte...

By conducting a problematizing review, this study explores whether entrepreneurship could benefit mothers caring for children with additional needs (ANs). Through role conflict theory, we argue that entrepreneurship provides the time and space flexibility necessary to combine work and care roles...

Some studies have provided empirical evidence that firms' high growth rates just before economic crises are negatively associated with resilience. Other authors have observed that firms that grow fast in the early phases of an external crisis are generally more resilient. This countercyclical...

This study examines the impact of emotional exhaustion on business performance, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To achieve this objective, data were collected from business owners in the developing economy of Ecuador. The research specifically explores how...

This study seeks to identify the factors driving household food insecurity in Cameroon during the COVID-19 pandemic, examine the effects of coping strategies on household resilience, and explore complementarities among these strategies. We used data from the COVID-19 panel surveys conducted by...

Public works programmes (PWPs) are pervasively used to tackle poverty and unemployment, and to build infrastructure and skills in low‐ and middle‐income countries. While their impacts on poverty, food security and labour outcomes have been widely documented, there is little research focusing...

Industry 5.0 (IR5.0) represents a shift beyond the efficiency-driven logics of Industry 4.0, emphasizing human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability. To support this transition, this study repositions the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework by systematically mapping recent...

The world is falling behind on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a situation exacerbated by recent geopolitical disruptions and challenges to international cooperation. This policy brief, based on a virtual roundtable in the context of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) with...

Using a large firm-level dataset assembled from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys and COVID-19 Follow-up Surveys for 23 countries, this study examined the survival, robustness, and resilience of exporters amidst the economic hibernation induced by COVID-19 lockdowns. While the stylized facts...

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered an unprecedented shock to business entry, with sharply contrasting effects on different types of startups. Using newly constructed administrative data from the Comprehensive Startup Panel covering the universe of U.S. startups, we provide the first official...

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered an unprecedented shock to business entry, with sharply contrasting effects on different types of startups. Using newly constructed administrative data from the Comprehensive Startup Panel covering the universe of U.S. startups, we provide the first official...

Die russische Annexion der Krim 2014 und der Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine 2022 haben unter anderem dazu geführt, Landes- und Bündnisverteidigung sowie Bevölkerungsschutz als notwendige gesellschaftliche Aufgabe wieder verstärkt ins öffentliche und politische Blickfeld...

Das BMBF geförderte, interdisziplinäre Projekt KAHR (Klimaanpassung, Hochwasser und Resilienz) begleitet den Wiederaufbau in den Gebieten in Deutschland, die von dem Hochwasser im Jahr 2021 betroffen waren. In dem Rahmen des Projekts wurde eine Kontextanalyse durchgeführt, die wesentliche...

Public works programmes (PWPs) are widely used social protection instruments in low- and middle-income countries. Participants carry out temporary, labour-intensive works in exchange for cash or in-kind compensation. The available empirical evidence indicates that these programmes are usually...

As climate change intensifies, countries experience varying degrees of vulnerability and resilience that influence their capacity to withstand and recover from environmental, economic, and social shocks. This study introduces the Multidimensional Vulnerability and Lack of Resilience Index...

The global aviation sector underwent an unprecedented shock due to the COVID-19 pandemic, severely disrupting the passenger flows, flight operations, and revenues of Polish airports. In response, the government launched protective measures under the Anti-Crisis Shield and the COVID-19...

The project management profession is undergoing transformative change with the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), redefining core methodologies and decision-making processes. As societal expectations rise and technological complexity intensifies, project managers face unprecedented...