International business scholars have conducted a considerable amount of research on both headquarters-subsidiary relationships and subsidiary roles. The horizontal relationships between foreign subsidiaries, however, have not gained much attention - although these linkages are important to the...

Preface -- Introduction -- Structural change in employment in Puerto Rico -- Labour market of Puerto Rico and its relationship with foreign direct investment, exports and gross domestic product -- Economic incentives for attracting and retaining FDI -- The pharmaceutical industry and R&D --...

Philipp Mohl evaluates the macroeconomic effects of EU Cohesion Policy with the help of empirical methods. His findings indicate that in particular the part of EU Cohesion Policy which is spent for the poorest regions (the so-called Objective 1 funding) has a positive and statistically...

Introduction -- Background for the Empirical Analyses: Institutional Details and Data -- Centralized versus Decentralized Welfare Administration -- The Employment Effects of an Intensified Use of Benefit Sanctions -- The Effectiveness of Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs --...

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of educational inequalities and their consequences on individual labor market outcomes for men and women in France and Germany, two countries with different education systems. Using microdata from the two countries, the analyses mainly rely on...

Entrepreneurship is among the most vibrant and important parts of the economy. This important book enhances understanding of entrepreneurial dynamics, providing the first analysis of changes in US entrepreneurial activity. Based on the unprecedented Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, it...

Problemstellung -- Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland: Fakten und mögliche Erklärungen -- Ein einfaches Modell zur Arbeitssuche -- Die Eigenschaften und Determinanten des Reservationslohnes -- Die Validität der erfragten Reservationslöhne im Sozio-oekonomischen Panel -- Reservationslöhne und...

The process of firms' growth - in terms of productivity or employment - is a major concern of policy makers. In this context, innovations are considered to play a crucial role in stimulating firms' performance. This book investigates this general hypothesis by looking at three topics: 1. Does...

Introduction -- Review of the Literature on Strategy Cascading, Context, and Leadership -- Research Design and Data Collection -- The Relevance of Organizational Context to Strategy Cascading -- The Effect of Leadership on Strategy Cascading -- Assessment of Strategy Cascading Quality and...

Development of Production Management- from Site to Network Optimisation -- A Model for Network Design -- Clarification of the Initial Strategic Situation -- The Network Configuration -- Network Coordination -- Analysis and Design of Networks in Practice -- Outlook and Summary.