Die Situation auf dem Pkw-Markt war in den letzten Jahren gekennzeichnet durch stagnierende Neuzulassungen. Massive Steuer-und Abgabeerhöhungen sowie steigende 78Arbeitslosenzahlen wirkten sich negativ auf die Inlandsnachfrage aus.

Wertpapier- und Terminbörsen haben sich in den vergangenen Jahrenweltweit zu Dienstleistungsunternehmen entwickelt, die den Kapitalmarktteilnehmerneine Fülle von Leistungen, Produkten und Informationenanbieten. Wie andere Unternehmen auch müssen sie sich im Wettbewerbgegenüber vergleichbaren...

The main objectives of the study are to illuminate the development of the Common AgriculturalPolicy (CAP) up to the Agenda 2000 reforms, to evaluate the reform decision of June2003, and to show and discuss options for the future development of the CAP.In chapter 2 the objectives of the CAP are...

The assessment of the role for the EU and the member states in environmental andagricultural policy in this paper is based on the principle of subsidiarity. Applied to thequestion of centralisation versus decentralisation of policy design and implementation, thesubsidiarity principle states that...

The increasing dynamism and complexity of business environmentsmeans that early recognition and monitoring of technological, market,political and social developments is becoming increasingly significant toinnovative success.In order to successfully identify innovation opportunities and risks,...

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...

Nobuko Inagawa has written an excellent paper on the relevance of Japanese experiences for a successful integration of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) into the world economy. Talking about the case of Japan is particularly interesting - and potentially controversial - compared...