Abstract Es wird gezeigt, dass die Befragung zum DGB-Index „Gute Arbeit“ Ergebnisse liefert, die mit denen der BIBB/BAuA-Erwerbstätigenbefragung grundsätzlich vergleichbar sind. Trotz ähnlicher Konzeption und teils sehr ähnlicher Fragestellungen weisen die Analysen allerdings darauf hin,...

Purpose – While internationalization of firms can be a source of growth in profitability, it can also result in huge losses due to the risky internationalized environment. Success in the home countries does not guarantee success internationally. The objective of this study is to identify the...

Investigates the image of craftsmanship as a predictor influencing the purchase, by Americans, of European cars. Focuses also on the development of the factor model used in identifying differences between the purchase of European and American cars. Complements efforts of many others intent on...

Summary The rise of the East-German economy in the 1950s and 1960s and its decline in the 1970s and 1980s is difficult to explain by neoclassical economics. However; the observed life cycle may be explained by the inclusion of concepts from old and new institutional economics and from functional...

In last two decades there are several forces that have impacted business education system. It prompts the business schools across the globe to have market oriented approach either to survive or to excel. In this changing scenario the students' roles in the system bear similarity to that of...

The main objective of this work is to develop an integrated system that is capable of extracting precise information (knowledge) based on any stored information using the techniques of data mining and soft computing. For the purpose of extracting precise information based on some stored...

Outbound logistics focuses on the distribution to the point of sales, such as - collection, storage, and distribution systems etc. Marketers must understand – what the customer wants in terms of logistics and how it can create value to the customers? Based on this scenario, this study focuses...

The severe Greek economic crisis has created several financial and social challenges. The rise in unemployment had a consequence that a significant percentage of city-dwellers had to leave their homes mostly in Athens and continue their life in rural areas of Greece. Small agricultural holdings...