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Wer ist noch Mitglied in Gewerkschaften? : eine Panelanalyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Haggeney, Isabelle; Ernst, Michaela - 1998
War mit der Vereinigung Deutschlands ein starker Anstieg in der Mitgliederzahl der Gewerkschaften in Deutschland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441142
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Long-term impacts of environmental policy and eco-innovative activities of firms
Rennings, Klaus; Rexhäuser, Sascha - 2010
This paper analyses two aspects of environmental regulations triggered by ecoinnovations. First, whether there are long term effects of regulation on innovation. Second, whether the impact of different types of regulation differ by type of the environmental benefit of the innovations. To answer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665403
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany : origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
potential pathways to a sufficient provision of care services in the future. -- Social Long-term Care Insurance ; Germany …This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941704
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15 years of pension reform in Germany : old successes and new threats
Bonin, Holger - 2009
-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a … ; Financial Crisis ; Fiscal Sustainability Survey ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857711
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What's driving sustainable energy consumption? : a survey of the empirical literature
Brohmann, Bettina; Heinzle, Stefanie; Rennings, Klaus; … - 2009
The focus of the paper is on the individual decision of energy consumers, and it's relation to sustainable consumption. Consumer behavior is based on individual decisions, but it depends largely on supply-side measures and an appropriate infrastructure (e.g. the availability of energy-efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003817182
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You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs : the impact of venture capitalists on executive turnover
Heger, Diana (contributor); Tykvová, Tereza (contributor) - 2007
We present evidence on venture capitalists' (VCs) impact on turnover of executives for a sample of nearly 47,000 German high-tech start-ups between 1995 and 2004. We confirm that the presence of VCs increases the probability of a change in the initial executive team. Additionally, we take a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003412056
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The effect of broadband infrastructure on entrepreneurial activities : the case of Germany
Heger, Diana; Koomen, Miriam; Veith, Tobias - 2011
This paper investigates whether the local infrastructure favours entrepreneurial activities. Besides the physical and knowledge infrastructure we take into account a county’s broadband availability by building an index which accounts for county-related specificities. We find that broadband...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424075
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New technology-based firms in Germany : a survey of the recent evidence
Licht, Georg; Nerlinger, Eric A. - 1997
concerning NTBFs in Germany. The issues covered include the incidence of start-ups firms in Germany's technology …, adoption and diffusion of technology. The public support and policy initiatives for new technology-based firms in Germany are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440899
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The internationalisation of British and German start-up companies in high-technology industries
Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, … - 1998
Großbritannien und Deutschland beitragen soll. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß sowohl in Großbritannien als auch in Deutschland die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441716
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Does R&D-infrastructure attract high-tech start-ups?
Engel, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2000
Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of postcode areas confirm the hypothesis that specific human capital, knowledge spillovers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444711