In most Western industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. If the productivity contributions of old workers are low, dealing with increasing shares of old employees could be decisive for the…

This paper analyses the state of climate policy in different countries and regions of the world. Possible supply and demand for emission reduction credits until 2020 is derived quantitatively in the PACE-model…

IKT-Dienstleister sorgen für gute Stimmung im Wirtschaftszweig

Im Wirtschaftszweig Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft hat sich die wirtschaftliche Lage im dritten Quartal 2010 gegenüber dem zweiten…

• Economic Outlook: Expectations Deteriorate in September
• Eurozone: Economic Outlook More Pessimistic
• USA: Interest Rate Expectations Surge
• Japan: Economic Prospects Still Rather Negative
• Great Britain: GBP Expected…

Industrial Ecology is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field of research, analysing the interaction between industrial activity and nature. Within this field, a multitude of instruments has been developed.…

Technologically motivated firm acquisitions often fail in the sense that post-merger innovation performance declines. One reason has been identified as a temporary shift of managerial attention towards the firm…

It is widely agreed in the literature that environmental innovation is not only determined by market pull and technology push factors but also depends on regulatory incentives. There is an ongoing debate on how…