Abstract Beschäftigte in Tätigkeiten, für die keine Berufsausbildung erforderlich ist (einfache Arbeit), gelten schon seit längerem als problematische Personengruppe des Arbeitsmarkts. Anhand der Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels setzt sich dieser Beitrag mit der Entwicklung der einfachen Arbeit...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to be limited to provide an overall economic structure linked with a particular hospitality industry by identifying the economic structure of relations between the two hotel industries and other industries within a particular state in the USA....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of structural economic vulnerability of developing countries on their public indebtedness. Design/methodology/approach – The authors perform the analysis by the use of fixed effects technique where the standard errors are corrected...

Purpose – Within the context of widespread donor support for producer organizations, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of interventions aimed at rescuing a failed cooperative and improving performance and business linkages between grower-suppliers and international markets...

Purpose – Existing work documents the role that institutional setting plays in the process of spin-off creation. However, despite decades of studies, scholars have not clearly explained why some regions are more involved in spin-off activity than others. Drawing from institutional theory, the...

Purpose – Small businesses play a vital role in job creation and economic growth, and previous studies have noted that higher state tax rates may reduce entrepreneurial activity, growth, and hiring. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the...

Purpose – Interest in venture capital markets continues to be of relevance to politicians and policy makers, recognizing the importance of government participation in venture capital market development. Yet advice regarding developing venture capital markets appears increasingly disparate. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact of Baumol’s work on entrepreneurship has had on framing the economic development puzzle. Design/methodology/approach – In many ways, the intuition behind the paper is straightforward. Entrepreneurs allocate their time and...