Under the growing influence of economic normative thoughts (as for example the spread of shareholder value philosophy in the 1990s) and therefore under pressure to justify themselves, human resource management professionals are searching for con-cepts to measure the effects of their decisions...

Anfang Juli 2005 hat das Europäische Parlament die Softwarepatentrichtlinie zurückgewiesen. Nach welchen Regeln werden computerimplementierte Erfindungen derzeit behandelt? Welche Folgen hat die Ablehnung der Richtlinie für die zukünftige Behandlung von Software-Entwicklungen?

<UnorderedList Mark="Dash"> <ItemContent> ⊙ On an analytical level the theory of network externalities is regarded as a strong instrument in order to explain the competitive behaviour of firms in network industries. In this paper we analyse to what extend this theory has an impact on the field of empirical research. </ItemContent> <ItemContent> ⊙ Based on a...</itemcontent></itemcontent></unorderedlist>