1. Expertises // 1999

    Management Training in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

    This research is part of an OECD Working Party on SMEs research project on Management Training in SMEs. This project will paint an overall picture of existing training programmes for SME managers. As to this the…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 1999

    The Internationalisation of British and German Start-up Companies in High-Technology Industries

    The studies in this volume bear witness to a maturing of High Technology Small Firms (HTSF) research. In the past, HTSF research has produced some solid findings, but also several paradoxes: shedding more light…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 1999

    Evanescent-wave cooling of cesium atoms at high densities

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-34 // 1999

    Do Business-related Services Really Lag Behind Manufacturing Industries in the Business Cycle?

    In an a priori view, it is usually assumed that the business cycle of manufacturing industries leads the business cycle of the service sector. This seems to be even more plausible for the relationship between…