Individuals who want to become entrepreneurs need to spend time on an important aspect: risk. They risk not only their financial well-being, their career, their family relations, but also their physical…

• Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe decline slightly
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Acceptable Current Economic Situation
• Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Weaker Economic Expectations
• Special…

• Leichte Erholung der Erwartungen
• EZB: Zweite deutliche Zinssenkung
• USA: Leitzinssenkungen verbessern die Konjunkturaussichten
• Japan: Experten rechnen mit weiteren Zinssenkungen
• Großbritannien: Zinssenkung…

Many school-leavers enter the labour market via temporary employment. As employers could exploit the weak bargaining position of job starters, fixed-term contracts at the beginning of the labour market career…

• Talfahrt setzt sich fort
• Das neue KfW/ZEW-Gründungspanel - Ergebnisse der ersten Befragungswelle

This paper investigates the role of research and development (R&D) and innovation management for innovation success in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the…

With the public opinion getting more aware of adverse environmental consequences of economic activities, many firms have improved environmental performance not only due to more stringent environmental regulation…

Language proficiency may not only affect the earnings of the individual, but the probability to participate in the labor market or becoming employed as well. It may also affect selection of people into economic…