This collection presents an updated bibliography of those empirical forest ecosystem service valuation studies in the German speaking countries which relate to demand oriented measures of the utility of public goods. The associated database (which is provided as a separately downloadable...

This article analyzes under which conditions a manager can motivate a junior worker by verbal communication, and explains why communication is often tied up with organizational choices as job enlargement and collaboration. Our model has two important features. First, the manager has more...

This study contributes to the discussion on the measurement of financial sector output. It also serves as a lead-in to discussing possible causes of productivity changes in banking and insurance companies and other financial services providers. We demonstrate how the financial sector’s net...

The paper aims at a joint analysis of inter-firm and intra-firm diffusion of technology, taking as an example E-selling and E-purchasing. The analysis is based on an encompassing model of diffusion, drawn from the literature, which is extended by considering technology-specific obstacles and...

Die KOF hat für den Branchenverband VISCOM und die Gewerkschaft Syndicom eine Umfrage bei den Unternehmen der grafischen Industrie durchgeführt. Die Schweizer Unternehmen der grafischen Industrie haben zwar unter der jüngsten Rezession gelitten, für die Zukunft erwarten sie aber eine...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die potentiellen Beschäftigungseffekte von Direktinvestitionen der Unternehmen des Dienstleistungssektors für die Schweiz. In einer theoretischen Perspektive werden zunächst die Konsequenzen der Besonderheiten von Dienstleistungsgütern gegenüber Industriegütern...