"Theories in regional science predict that related establishments benefit from their mutual proximity due to forward-backward linkages, labor market pooling and knowledge spillovers (the Marshallian forces). While the existence of these externalities as a whole is well supported by the empirical...

"Theories in regional science predict that related establishments benefit from their mutual proximity due to forward-backward linkages, labor market pooling and knowledge spillovers (the Marshallian forces). While the existence of these externalities as a whole is well supported by the empirical...

Es vergeht kaum eine Woche, in der nicht neue, meistens grenzüberschreitende Fusionen verkündet werden. Die Zusammenschlüsse bieten nicht nur neue wirtschaftliche Chancen, sondern werfen auch Fragen nach einer Neugestaltung der internationalen Wettbewerbsordnung auf. In seinem Beitrag erteilt...

"This paper illustrates the evaluation of changes in social policy regulations with respect to two reforms that strengthened the rights of either employers or employees. Causal effects of the reform are based on control group designs (difference-in-differences estimates). The results show that...

"In modern work environments, employees need to flexibly adjust their abilities to an increasing complexity of their work place demands. We assumed that a fit between demands and individual abilities might positively influence work ability, job-related self-efficacy, and job satisfaction as...