Es besteht von wissenschaftlicher Seite aus weitgehend der Konsens, dass grundle-gende demokratische Entscheidungen eines Staates effizienter durchgesetzt werden können, wenn, analog zum politischen föderalen Bereich, auch ökonomisch dezent-rale Freiheits- und Entscheidungsstrukturen...

Water is a vital resource for human existence on earth. The importance of this resource to the wellbeingof mankind and the general scarcity of drinking water which is expected to grow requires thepublic to reflect on the best ways to address demand and supply issues. Therefore, the discourse...

The research question addressed here is: How does the nature of local embeddedness of network relationships influence new venture internationalization? We distinguish between ties’ spatial embeddedness as dispersed or concentrated. We explore local bridging tie embeddedness’ differential...

Germany has advanced to the position of a key destination for Indian multinational enterprises in their spirited pursuit of growth opportunities overseas. In 2008, Indian firms invested an estimated amount of US$ 1.8 billion in Germany while 16 acquisitions by Indian firms were monitored, up...

This report is a part of our study “The Emergence of Indian Multinationals: An Empirical Study of Motives, Status-quo and Trends of Indian Investments in Germany”. The study was conducted under the aegis of our “Research Project Global Innovation” at the Institute of Technology and...

... Im Gegensatz zu traditionellen industriesoziologischen Ansätzenbleibt die Beschäftigtenperspektive weitgehend aus der Debatte über globale Kooperationen ausgeklammert. Diese Forschungslücke immerhin zu verkleinern, ist Ziel der vorliegenden Fallstudie.

... This paper discusses solutions to important incentive problems in micro-health insurance schemes which threaten their sustainability. In particular, three issues explored are : (i) if defining household as unit of insurance always mitigates adverse selection problem; (ii) how ex ante moral...

We study whether the effects on registered manufacturing output of dismantling the license raj - a system of central controls regulating entry and production activity in this sector - vary across Indian states with different labor market regulations and different nancial development. To guide...