Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007 …Compared to other heating markets the wood pellets market is quite young and small in Germany. Nevertheless it is a … within the scope of this project. Therefore people in different parts of Germany have been asked about their heating system …

uses the macro-constructs of institutional theory to interpret and conceptualise micro-level consumer data. Data were …, the institutional theory approach to explaining Wal-Mart's problems clearly foreshadows market failure and exit. In UK … be established. The constructs of institutional theory were more likely to predict and explain market failure than …

Automobilzulieferindustrie dargestellt. Dabei wird ein Bezugsrahmen, der die wesentlichen Einflussfaktoren der Wettbewerbsf?higkeit von KMU …

U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework … ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general equilibrium frameworks stems from the insight that economicinternationalisation in … market issues established by human capital theory with the general equilibrium-leddebate on trade and the functional …

, including Germany, in the last decade of the twentieth century, has also led to an increase in the immigrant entrepreneurship …. More precisely, the self-employment structure of immigrants to Germany changed tremendously since the 1970s. For instance …, this dissertation investigates the determinants of successful immigrant entrepreneurship for whole Germany as well as for …