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...

Low-paid employment is a key issue for labour market policy. The essays in this book, focusing on European countries, provide new empirical evidence regarding the impact of minimum wages on employment, earnings mobility among low-paid workers, job satisfaction across the earnings distribution,...

Foreword -- Preface (by a well-known author on e-government) -- List of contributors -- List of reviewers -- Contents (Index) -- Introduction -- Part I. Theoretical Foundations of Smart Cities. Literature Review -- Part II. Dimensions of Smart Cities under the Governmental Context -- Part III....

Dezernenten arbeiten an der Schnittstelle zwischen Kreisverwaltung und Kreispolitik. Durch die Beratung und Unterstützung des Landrats und des Kreistags, somit durch die inhaltliche Vorbereitung der Landkreispolitik, sind sie als Führungskräfte häufig der Dreh- und Angelpunkt...

Chapter 1: The Startup Common -- Part 1: Exploring the Startup Common -- Chapter 2: Creating Pillar Companies -- Chapter 3: Launching Startups from Universities -- Chapter 4: Deepening the Human Capital Pool -- Chapter 5: Sourcing Investment Capital -- Chapter 6: Building Mentor Networks --...

Introduction -- Chapter One: The Rural–urban Division -- Chapter Two: Literature Review -- Chapter Three: Policies and Institutions Concerning Resource Flow -- Chapter Four: Methodology -- Chapter Five: Peasants’ View -- Chapter Six: Officials’ View -- Chapter Seven: Quantitative Results...

This book focuses on the relationship between the state and economy in the development of cities. It reviews and reinterprets fundamental theoretical models that explain how the operation of markets in equilibrium shapes the scale and organization of the commercial city in a mixed market economy...

This SpringerBrief offers an academic perspective on the trend of ‘pop-up’ retailing. It analyzes this temporary retail-oriented setting designed to foster a direct customer-brand interaction for a limited period, often with an explicitly promotional or communicative purpose. Adopting a...