The government’s main objective in developing better regulation and policy is to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses, particularly those which act as a barrier to start-up and growth, and improve the ability of small businesses to sell to the public sector.The purpose of this...

How can high rates of attrition persist in a specific IT-hub for years, and how do transnationallyoperating companies with different institutional backgrounds cope with this challengeorganisationally? The present paper addresses this question by presenting first results of acurrent SOFI-project...

The paper is the first analysis of the competitiveness of Russian enterprises from the perspective of value chains, with a focus on the example of tube & pipe and furniture producers. In both industries, Russian firms enjoy an advantage on the raw material side. Nevertheless, the overall...

Der Maastrichter Vertrag über die Europäische Union ist gerade 2 1/2 Jahre in Kraft, da wird bereits über seine Nachbesserung und Weiterentwicklung verhandelt: Am 29. März hat in Turin die sogenannte "Revisionskonferenz" für Maastricht II begonnen. Zentrales Thema ist der Ausbau der...

The main objective of the following article is to present the key findings of the existent research in thefield of the influence the introduction of the euro had on the trade of the member states of the Economicand Monetary Union (EMU). The intention of this article is also to inspire further...