[...]Immigrants settle in one point within the vast U.S.geography. Classically, there are four great reception areas:the two coasts, Chicago, and the southern border. New YorkCity was the gateway for the great migrations of the turn ofthe twentieth century, and it remains a major destination...

Der vorliegende Artikel beschäftigt sich mit arbeits- und berufsbezogenen Identitäten von Pflegepersonal in Deutschland, England, Estland und Frankreich. Die vorgestellten Ergebnisse sind eingebettet in das von der EU im 5. Forschungsrahmenprogrammgeförderten Forschungsprojektes FAME...

We develop a reputation model to study the concurrent use of trademarks and certification for foodproducts with a regional identity, known as geographical indications (GIs). The model extendsShapiro’s (1983) approach to modeling reputation to a situation in which two technologies for...

Across different European countries, it can be observed that the same brands are often perceived differently by the consumers in the respective markets. This seems to be particularly true with regard to the assessment of the quality of the corresponding products based on the provenance of these...