We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...

The Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development (MTD) identifies motivational and self-regulatory strategies that people use to meet the challenges they face throughout life. The theory distinguishes control strivings related to goal engagement from those related to goal disengagement and goal...

Well-being development at the end of life is often characterized by steep deteriorations, but individual differences in these terminal declines are substantial and not yet well understood. This study moved beyond the typical consideration of health predictors and explored the role of social...

Well-being is often relatively stable across adulthood and old age, but typically exhibits pronounced deteriorations and vast individual differences in the terminal phase of life. However, the factors contributing to these differences are not well understood. Using up to 25-year annual...

It is well-documented that well-being typically evinces precipitous decrements at the end of life. However, research has primarily taken a postdictive approach by knowing the outcome (date of death) and aligning in retrospect how well-being has changed for people with documented death events. In...

I -- E-Business — Quo Vadis? Analyses and Perspectives -- Geschäftsmodelle — ein Modebegriff auf der Waagschale -- Kundenbindungsmanagement bei Internet-Geschäftsmodellen — eine empirische Analyse -- II -- E-Strategie am Beispiel der Deutschen Bank — ein Bericht aus der Praxis --...

E-Technologien revolutionieren die Geschäftsprozesse im Management. Sie reduzieren Transaktionskosten in einzelnen Geschäftsprozessen wie Vertrieb, Entwicklung, Produktion und Logistik. Transparenz und Geschwindigkeit werden zum Erfolgsfaktor für Geschäftsideen, die E-Technologien als...