The effect of the COVID shock on European economies has been severe and also unequal, with some firms being affected much more strongly than others. To improve the effectiveness of policy interventions, policymakers need to understand which types of vulnerable firms have been suddenly pushed...

Vom 27. bis 29. Mai 2005 veranstaltete die Akademie für politische Bildung Tutzing unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Peter Hampe, Akademie Tutzing, eine Konferenz zu dem Thema "Outsourcing". Im Mittelpunkt der Tagung stand die Frage nach der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Deutschlands: Verlagern...

In the words of the author: "The arguments of this article go counter to widely held notions. If they are shown to be wrong they will have to be reconsidered, but their unfashionable nature alone is no ground for doing so". We believe that this article could be the beginning of a discussion on...

The effect of the COVID shock on European economies has been severe and also unequal, with some firms being affected much more strongly than others. To improve the effectiveness of policy interventions, policymakers need to understand which types of vulnerable firms have been suddenly pushed...

We take the global financial crisis (GFC), as an example of major crises, to study the trends of intangible investment, the link between industrial performance and intangible assets, and the differences of financing of intangible versus tangible assets during crises. We find an upward trend in...