The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines....

Um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts verfügten die deutschen Bergleute mit den Knappschaftsvereinen über ein eigenes institutionalisiertes Sozialversicherungssystem, dessen historische Wurzeln bis zurück ins Mittelalter reichen und das insbesondere auch beispielgebend für die Ausgestaltung der...

Das duale Aus- und Weiterbildungsprinzip stellt international ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal für deutsche Berufsbildungsdienstleister dar und wird weltweit nachgefragt. Romy Hilbig untersucht Geschäftsmodellinnovationen von Berufsbildungsdienstleistern aus dem technischen und kaufmännischen...

Education and training are key to explain the current competitive strengths of national economies, and to secure future competitiveness. While in the past educational and training institutions were often seen as providers of necessary skills for national economies, this view has changed...

This book offers an insight into the complications higher education is currently facing in the Arab world. It discusses whether governance in international higher education is of particular importance in Arab countries when considering their difference in political systems, cultures, interests,...

This book quantitatively analyses data to demonstrate India's recent progress in the education sector. India, as one of the world's fastest growing economies, currently enjoys what is termed a 'demographic dividend' meaning that, compared to most other countries, it has a relatively young...

Der Herausgeberband behandelt die Frage, wie sich Spezialisten und Experten in wissensintensiven Organisationen in Anbetracht von Herausforderungen wie Multirationalität, Digitalisierung, Ökonomisierung oder Wertewandel wirkungsvoll führen lassen. Das Fachbuch zeichnet ein differenziertes und...

This book covers the modelling of human behaviour in the education and labour markets, which due to their interdependency are viewed as one system. Important factors influencing the decision-making of individuals and firms in this system are discussed. The role of social environment and networks...