The arguments presented in this article centre on attempts to Jorge architectures that are appropriate to the new South Africa. These efforts are rooted in our long-held, modernist commitment to architectures that do more than simply reflect the societies in which they are produced. Buildings,...

Inspiriert durch die Beispiele westlicher Staaten sind Technologie-, Gründer- und Innovationszentren (TGZ) auch in mittel- und osteuropäischen (MOE-)Ländern aus dem Spektrum wirtschaftspolitischer Maßnahmen nicht mehr wegzudenken. Die Errichtung von TGZ in MOE-Ländern folgt der generellen...

<DIV>Mintz and Schwartz offer a fascinating tour of the corporate world. Through an intensive study of interlocking corporate directorates, they show that for the first time in American history the loan making and stock purchasing and selling powers are concentrated in the same hands: the leadership...</div>

Just-in-time inventories were not an invention of Toyota or of Japanese industrialism. Twice in the early history of the American automobile industry (before and after World War I), the same system - known then as hand-to-mouth inventories - was prevalent in Detroit. The article chronicles this...

It is widely unclear as to whether start-up firms supported by publicly-initiated incubator initiatives have higher survival rates than comparable start-up firms that have not received support by such initiatives. This paper contributes to the underlying discussion by performing a large-scale...

Typically seniors like others choose to avoid institutional care. However, when age-related infirmity requires it, they not only enter into the care of others, but they also do so as vulnerable members of society. As their frailty increases with age, so does their dependence on the professionals...

This study examines the impact of localization and urbanization economies as well as the impact of city size on urban growth in German cities from 2003 to 2007. Although, from a theoretical perspective, agglomeration economies are supposed to have positive impacts on regional growth, prior...