This work exploits the natural experiment provided by the unexpected disintegration of socialist East Germany to study the impact of the mass immigration of East Germans on housing rents in West German metropolitan areas. Using a spatial correlation approach, annual district-level migration data...

Dieses Handbuch zeigt auf, wie Unternehmenswachstum nachhaltig gelingen und gestärkt werden kann. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft, da die Region auch 25 Jahre nach der deutschen Einheit in den wesentlichen Kennzahlen 20-30% hinter den westdeutschen Werten liegt, was im...

L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. G. Schmidt: Social Policy in the German Democratic Republic: Introduction.- "Socialist Social Policy" -- The Institutions of Social Policy in the GDR -- The Politics of Social Policy Under the Socialist Regime -- The Welfare State as Political Process: From...

1. Einleitung -- 1.1 Problemstellung und Zielsetzung -- 1.2 Gliederung der Arbeit -- 2. Grundlagen der Untersuchung -- 2.1 Definition und Abgrenzung des Migrationsbegriffs -- 2.2 Internationale und intranationale Migration -- 2.3 Intraregionale Migration -- 2.4 Interregionale Migration -- 2.5...

Die deutsch-deutsche Markenlandschaft -- DIE AUSGANGSSITUATION -- MARKENSOZIOLOGISCHE GRUNDSÄTZE -- PSYCHOSOZIALE FUNKTION DER OSTMARKEN -- MARKE UND KONSUM IN DER DDR – EINE WERBE- UND MARKENFREIE ZONE? -- ERFOLGSSTRATEGIEN DER OSTMARKEN -- Erfolgreiche Ostmarken von Anker bis Zetti -- ANKER...

This is the first book to explain the expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition economy from a technology accumulation perspective. The author provides a theoretical alternative to accepted wisdom regarding technology transfer, and discusses the policy implications of this...

This book brings together the research fields of start-up ecosystems and diaspora entrepreneurship. The author interprets the results of semi-structured interviews with four diaspora entrepreneurs and four experts in Berlin, as well as observations from field studies and the analysis of...

The second edition of this book shows how full implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act by the SEC in 2016 enables entrepreneurs and SME executives to leverage crowdfunding platforms to raise significant amounts of capital for their startups and small-to-medium-sized...

Bernhard Gold answers the question of how larger firms can learn from the successes of Silicon Valley start-ups by means of corporate venturing and by developing the ‘Spin-Along Approach’ - a method that combines the innovativeness of start-up companies with the capabilities of large...

This book explores startups that have thrived against the odds in places where startup success was deemed to be unlikely. Discussing a number of technology startups from around the world that have succeeded without state backing nor local venture and seed capital, Black Swan Start Ups provides...