This paper compares the supply of specialist ICT skills in Britain and Germany from higher education and from apprenticeship and assesses the relative impact on companies in the two countries. In contrast to Britain, where numbers of ICT graduates have expanded rapidly, the supply of university...

This paper considers whether listed companies with dispersed ownership invest less in training than do other firms, as part of a short-termist stance caused by pressure from the stock market. An analytical framework that supports the proposition involves three factors: high agency costs between...

Das Ideenmanagement ist in der Industrie häufig anzutreffen, während es sich in den öffentlichen Institutionen trotz seiner vielen Vorteile wenig durchgesetzt hat. An vielen Hochschulen scheitert die Einführung und kontinuierliche Pflege des Ideenmanagements an den erforderlichen...