Die Digitale Revolution führt zu tiefgreifenden Veränderungen in der Wirtschaft. Produktzyklen werden immer kürzer. Marktveränderungen vollziehen sich häufiger und schneller. Früher war dieses Phänomen auf Hightech-Sektoren beschränkt. Inzwischen sind fast alle Branchen davon betroffen....

World population and the number of city dwellers are steadily growing. Globalization and digitalization lead to an increased competition for skilled and creative labor and other economic resources. This is true not only for firms, but increasingly also for cities. The book elaborates on...

On June 3, 2015, the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Democritus University of Thrace, and the University of Peloponnese sponsored an international conference to address medium- and long-term growth in Greece. This collection presents the...

The book aims at perfecting the national governance system and improving national governance ability. It evaluates the balance sheets of the state and residents, non-financial corporations, financial institutions and the central bank, the central government, local government and external sectors...

Vorwort, Einführung -- Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre -- Nachfrage, Angebot und Marktgleichgewicht -- Elastizitäten -- Unternehmen und Märkte -- Einkommen, Produktion und Wachstum -- Inflation und Geldpolitik -- Arbeitsmarkt -- Internationaler Handel -- Marktversagen -- Eingriffe des...

The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy that prevented the development of value-added...

Allgemeine Theorie regionaler Wettbewerbsvorteile -- Quantifizierung der Branchencluster und Fallstudiendesign -- Analyse des Logistikclusters RheinMain -- Strategisches Clustermanagement der Logistikinitiative -- Diskussion der Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerung.

Introduction -- PartI: Economic Growth in a Knowledge - Based Economy -- Part II: Globalisation, Competitiveness and Growth -- Part III: The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth

This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and financial service liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessment on the extent of GATS liberalization in commercial banking it seeks to empirically clarify if the multilateral liberalization efforts under the...