Over the coming decades migration rates are not expected to compensate for the negative effect of low fertility rates in Germany. The size of the population and its workforce supply, particularly in terms of skilled workers, will decline. This might affect companies recruiting in the German...

Public pension schemes are most often discussed from a social welfare and public policy point of view. Nevertheless, the design of public pensions should also be taken into close consideration by companies planning and designing private pension plans for their employees. Social security and...

The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), along with the Eastern European region, constitute a major source of skilled labor for multinational companies (MNCs). The BRICs created 22 million jobs each year in the first five years of this millennium, compared with 3.7 million in the...