Innovationen greifen immer häufiger auf verteilte Wissensbestände zurück, da Unternehmen nicht all die Kompetenzen intern bereithalten können, die für grundlegende Innovationen erforderlich sind. Eine zentrale Frage für den Erfolg von Innovationsprozessen ist daher, wie Unternehmen den...

Europe has become a dominant frame for the generation, regulation and perception of social inequalities. This trend was solidified by the current economic crisis, which is characterized by increasing inequalities between central and peripheral countries and groups. By analysing the double...

Multinational companies are crucial actors in a global knowledge-based economy, combining the advantages of global and locally coordinated production and innovation strategies with specific regional and national factors. This book questions how MNCs can best exploit institutionally embedded...

Introduction -- The individualisation of minimum income schemes' policies -- The institutional context of the German minimum income scheme -- Individual perspectives on the German minimum income scheme as institutional context and biographical situation -- Theoretical framework : long-term...