Anhand eines persönlichen Rückblicks auf die Entwicklungen in den Bereichen Rechnerentwicklung, Datenzugang und Entwicklung von Statistik-Software werden Trends für die zukünftige Entwicklung der Statistik im Bereich der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaft hergeleitet. Insbesondere werden...

In this study we compare internationalization of academic journals in six fields of science. Internationalization was investigated through journals' concentration on publishing papers from particular countries, relationship between the geographical distributions of editors and authors, and...

Alfred Schütz has paid considerable attention to the position of scientist in the world and particularly to that of social scientist. His analyses make extensive use of phenomenological concepts and contain detailed descriptions of scientific cognitive style in its relation to the everyday...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the methodology of integrated knowledge in Islamic economics and finance and seek to offer collective ijtihād as one way to find solutions to the existing problems in the field. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the idea of...

Der vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderte Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD) berät seit 2004 die Bundesregierung und die Regierungen der Länder in Fragen der Erweiterung und Verbesserung der Forschungsinfrastruktur für die empirischen Sozial-,...

Since its establishment in 2004, the German Data Forum (RatSWD), which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMBF), has been advising the federal government and the governments of the federal states (Länder) on issues relating to the expansion and improvement of the...