Traditional theory about international business suggests that companies first establish a solid home market and go global only in later stages of their life cycle. However, this view is challenged by research that shows that some firms internationalise quickly after start-up – so-called...

Dieses Handbuch ist für all diejenigen bestimmt, die sich für die Unternehmensstatistik interessieren oder an ihrer Erstellung beteiligt sind. Das Handbuch gibt einen Überblick über die Situation in den 15 Mitgliedstaaten der EU sowie in Norwegen und Island im Jahr 1998.

In the second half of 1999 Statistics Netherlands carried out an ad hoc project on environment-related employment in the Netherlands. The European Commission co-financed this project under the Community programme Environmental protection and employment. Direct environment-related employment in...