This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the adoption of new or significantly improved technologies in service sector firms. Furthermore, it…

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2006 we analyze the determinants and labor market effects of educational dropout. In addition to classical variables like family background…

Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from…

Kaum ein anderes Geschäftsfeld im deutschen Bankensektor hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren so dynamisch entwickelt wie das Retail-Banking. Ein wesentlicher Grund hierfür ist die zunehmende Präsenz…

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Im zweiten Quartal 2008 hat sich die konjunkturelle Lage der Unternehmen der Branchen Steuerberatung und Wirtschaftsprüfung, Unternehmensberatung,…

Promising innovation impulses originate increasingly from customers, suppliers or competitors outside of a firm’s traditional home market. We investigate how firms can adjust their absorptive capacities to…

Graduates and researchers from public research institutions contribute through various channels to the transfer and diffusion of new knowledge, one of which is the start-up of their own enterprises. The goal of…