This paper examines the effect of desert locust infestations on school enrollment of children and young adults between 3 and 24 years of age. We combine individual and household survey data from the 2005-2019 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program with data on the spatial distribution of...

Beides, Spiel und Arbeit, Technik und das Ästhetische erscheinen auch heute noch nur schwer miteinander vereinbar, selbst wenn neuere Vorstellungen von einer ludischen Gesellschaft hier deutlich Grenzüberschreitungen und Tätigkeitsverwischungen bereits bemerken und diese verstärkt...

Over the past two decades Wales has been quite successful in developing industrial clusters inautomotive components and electronics, but is still relatively weak in areas thought important tolong term manufacturing competitiveness, notably Research and Development (R&D). Thispaper examines...

Die Automobilindustrie steckt in einem tiefgreifenden Transformationsprozess. Die Digitalisierung der Produktion schreitet voran; auf die Erarbeitung automobiler Geschäftsmodelle durch Tech-Firmen reagieren Automobilfirmen mit eigenen IT-Abteilungen und Kooperationen. Nischen-Akteure gewinnen...

Information technology (IT) is enabling large companies and particularly banking firms tocreate new forms of organizations. Both globalization of markets and stronger regulationthroughout the world puts pressure on banking firms to either spend more money coordinatingbusiness activities in the...

Filson (2001) uses industry-level data on firm numbers, price, quantity, and quality along with an equilibrium model of industry evolution to estimate the nature and effects of quality and cost improvement in the personal computer industry and four other new industries. This paper studies the...