It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are currently undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a firm belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. Correspondingly, in this scenario low-tech sectors appear to be...

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore the importance of workplace learning in the context of performance measurement on an organisational level. It shows how workplace learning analytics can be grounded on professional identity transformation theory and integrated into performance...

This paper analyses innovation paths and the innovation performance of low-technology firms in comparison to medium- and high-technology firms. Firstly, it shows that low-, medium- and high-technology sectors consist of a considerable mix of low-, medium- and high-technology firms. Thus, it is...

Im Zuge der EU-Osterweiterung wird das Thema "Outsourcing" intensiv diskutiert. Für Prof. Dr. Wilfried Fuhrmann, Universität Potsdam, liegt "die Chance infolge der Osterweiterung mit dem regionalen Outsourcing ... im Druck auf Reduktion der Staatseingriffe". Stefanie Bechert und Gertraud...