Based on a dataset with 1,417 family and 1,195 non-family businesses in Germany, we find that family businesses rely more heavily than other enterprises on short term credit in order to finance long term…
In recent decades, changes in parents’ attitudes towards the importance of spending time with children to optimise their development have greatly affected patterns of time allocation among both working and…
It is a well-known fact that start-ups, in particular in innovative and technology-oriented sectors, are vital for the economic competitiveness and performance. The decision to found a new company is based on…
The objective of this paper is to analyse the flexibility opportunities of firms to respond to increasing labour market requirements and heterogeneity. Thereby, we focus on two groups of workers and two kinds of…