Many authors deal, explicitly or implicitly, with OR/MS methodology and the term 'methodology' has gained such an inclusive connotation that it comes to denote nothing in particular. This has diluted the analytical precision of OR/MS 'methodology' as well as its practicability. Therefore an...

Personalmanagement als Innovationsgenerator? Ja, und zwar nachweisbar in Euro! Gerade mittelstaendische Unternehmen sind auf ihre Innovationsfaehigkeit angewiesen, um sich im globalen Wettbewerb zu behaupten und langfristig zu ueberleben. Ob Unternehmen Innovationen erzeugen, ist jedoch in...

One of the central analytical findings of the growth literature is that continuous growth is possible even in an economy with exhaustible resources. Based on this result, this paper addresses the question of whether different equilibrium trajectories which lead to a balanced growth path are...