New technology, pharmaceutical research and therapy development between 2000 and 2005 have contributed to increase globally life expectancy with five years according to the WHO report 2008. Increased life expectancy of youth in developing countries will enhance economic activity in developing...

In 2008 president Obama decided for an “open data” policy on governments’ data resources and opened since 2009 10th of thousands of data. The EU commission followed in 2009 with the “Open Forum” initiative [www.openforumeurope.eu]. Although the European Union opts for a policy to open...

In this paper we address that question making use of a data set on a Dutch consultancy company in the water, infrastructure and spatial development sector. The organization is special in its ownership and governance structure, in the sense that it has a unique shareholder system.

In this paper we explore the impact of imperfectly competitive input markets on production function estimation. First order pro…t maximizing conditions are altered when frictions in input markets cause the elasticity of input supply to the …rm to be …nite. A consequence of this is that the...

The perception of many people who live in the developed economies of Europe and America are often heard saying that the days of manufacturing are numbered in these countries and that China is the new “factory of the world”. This paper demonstrates how far from reality such a broad sweeping...

Given the importance of the environment and the attention environmental issues are currently receiving from public and private organisations, it has become crucial for companies, especially in manufacturing industries, to consider the impact of their activities on the environment. This is...

The paper undertakes a systematic review of the literature on empowerment in entrepreneurship research. The overall purpose of the paper is to create a better understanding of what empowerment is and what constitutes it. The literature review reveals that there is lack of clear definition even...