In this paper the importance and the effects of technological opportunities, stemming from academic research, on the innovation activities of firms in the German automobile supplyindustry are investigated.

...Um ein wirklich vollständiges Bild der Manager-Controller-Dyade zu erhalten, müssten ne-ben den kognitions- und sozialpsychologischen Aspekten weitere Elemente des menschlichen Erlebens und Verhaltens wie die Motivation, Emotion und Persönlichkeit in die Betrachtung aufgenommen werden....

Increasingly, funding of academic research is carried out through the support of collaboration, rather than through single awards to a sole grant holder. The practice is well supported by evidence that larger, network-based research achieve high quality while leading to a number of capacity...

The existence of trust in an IT-based service and its providers is an important basis for, amongothers, the decision to adopt and continuously use such services. It also improves the chances forthe successful collaboration in virtual teams and forming strategic alliances. Due to itsimportance...

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In this paper the author argues that social scientists need to do more toprovide policy-relevant research. Rapid technological and economicchange raise new issues about how policy should adjust that are notadequately addressed by older and narrower approaches. The authorsuggests two ways in...

A review of research evidence suggests that low levels of educationalattainment are crucial in generating and sustaining social exclusion. Testscores at school are the most effective predictor of many adult outcomes.School attendance and soft skills are also important. Reviewing the...

Childhood poverty and early parenthood are both high on the politicalagenda. The key new issue addressed in this research is the relativeimportance of childhood poverty and of early motherhood as correlatesof outcomes later in life. How far are the ‘effects’ of early motherhood onlater...

Since nowadays most firms are doing business across borders, we should assumen that managers are (highly) interested in research results from the field of Intenrational Business (IB). We should also expect that research findings are appealing and helpful to the world of management practice. The...