This study analyses time-dependent rhythms in happiness in three aspects. We show that the Sunday neurosis exists exclusively for men with a medium level of education and both men and women with high levels of education. Men with high levels of education may even experience a weekend neurosis....

In der Diskussion um die Frage, wie ökonomische Bildung im allgemeinbildenden Schulwesen in Deutschland verankert werden soll, wird der Stellenwert der Wirtschaftswissenschaften als Bezugsdisziplin aktuell kontrovers diskutiert. Wir vertreten in dieser Diskussion die These, dass die Anbindung...

Our analysis of new bathymetric data reveals six submarine landslides at the eastern Sunda margin between central Java and Sumba Island, Indonesia. Their volumes range between 1 km³ in the Java fore-arc basin up to 20 km³ at the trench off Sumba and Sumbawa. We estimate the potential hazard...

Efficient price setting implies that news create volatility since traders flock to the market in order to re-optimise their portfolios. In due course of the price finding process volatility should decline once the asset price approaches its new, efficient level. In this note I present evidence...

Biotechnology is considered as one of the key high-technology sectors in the future. It has been increasingly accepted that small, innovative businesses were the major stimulus for the development of this emerging industry. Many studies on new entrepreneurial entrants in biotechnology are mainly...

Because of the high degree of technological complexity and the increasing convergence of new technologies, it is becoming more and more difficult to develop advanced products for those companies who solely rely on their own in-house 'core competencies'. One possible response made to these rising...

Vor dem Hintergrund der hohen Bedeutung von Kooperationen in der Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) in der Biotechnologie-Branche analysieren die Autoren mit einer empirischen Untersuchung relevante Einflussfaktoren auf die Effizienz von zwischenbetrieblichen FuE-Projekten. Basierend auf...

Vor dem Hintergrund der hohen Bedeutung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungskooperationen in der Biotechnologie analysieren die Autoren mit Hilfe einer empirischen Analyse die wesentlichen Einflussfaktoren auf das Management von zwischenbetrieblichen Entwicklungsprojekten. Basierend auf...