On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New...

What factors determine national differences in the size and industry distribution of employment? This study stresses the role of business taxation, employment security laws, credit market policies, wage-setting institutions and the size of the public sector. We characterize these aspects of the...

Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each firm?s competitive strategy. Usually, both instruments have been studied separately, but much less in conjunction. This is unfortunate as both processes - the process of...

Fusionen und Akquisitionen ("mergers and acquisitions", M&A) prägen seit vielen Jahren die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung erheblich. Insbesondere während der Zeit der so genannten "new economy" in den Jahren 2000 und 2001 erreichten sowohl die Anzahl als auch die Volumina von M&A-Transaktionen...