The number of empirical studies on the relationship between innovation and employment is still growing. But, the results of these studies are ambigous. Two important aspects are most of all neglected in existing…
The goal of this project is to examine the determinants and employment impact of firm foundations and self-employment from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. In the theoretical part we will devise a model in…
This projects aims to develop a new concept of selecting the first market entry for new products and processes. The concept suggests that for many innovations there are leading markets that initiate the…
In the past decade the lubricants market has undergone profound changes. Technical, ecological, and economic requirements towards lubricants have increased. In traditional markets - e.g. the Federal Republic of…
In the international diffusion of innovations one can observe that a particular technological design such as the facsimile machine, the personal computer or the mobile cellular telephone is often adopted by one…