Recognising the learning styles of today's upper level engineering undergraduates, a multimedia educational tool is developed to supplement traditional instruction in courses related to Materials Handling (MH) and facility design. The CD-ROM based system teaches design and analysis principles by...

Recognising the learning styles of today's upper level engineering undergraduates, a multimedia educational tool is developed to supplement traditional instruction in courses related to Materials Handling (MH) and facility design. The CD-ROM based system teaches design and analysis principles by...

This research paper examines four cases of teaching innovation that have been used mostly in France and that make an intensive use of multimedia techniques. The proposed approach calls for the use of different multimedia tools to overcome some of the shortcomings of current teaching methods, as...

Mit der CD-ROM WISO II sind die Datenbanken der Bibliotheken bzw. Informationszentren von drei großen deutschen Wirtschaftsforschungsinstituten,dem HWWA-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Hamburg, dem Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel und dem ifo Institut für...

Computer and communications technologies are changing the way the world shares information. Renewable energy professionals should use these tools to their utmost advantage to exchange information, recapture “lost opportunities” in sustainable development, and create better designs for the...

The paper raises the proposition that Central Europe?s integration into the international division of labour has added significantly to competitive pressure in the German automobile industry. Based on production and trade data, we trace two dimensions of competitive pressure: relocation of...

Ergänzend zu den Beiträgen im ifo Schnelldienst Nr. 2/2014 äußern sich Christoph M. Schmidt, RWI und Sachverständigenrat und Benjamin Weigert, Sachverständigenrat, zu den Koalitionsvereinbarungen. Ihrer Ansicht nach vernachlässigt die Wirtschaftspolitik die Frage, wie die...

The relationship between economy and democracy has always been fraught with conflict in the modernity. It is difficult to use the legal system to democratize economic behaviour without restricting efficiency. The volume explores this problematic relationship from the perspective of history,...