Abstract Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert, mit welchen flexibilisierenden Maßnahmen ein Sample 22 kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen aus dem produzierenden Sektor auf die wirtschaftliche Krise 2008-2009 reagiert hat. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die von der Krise betroffenen Betriebe vorhandene...

An artificial neural network methodology is used to develop a new measure of contagion using exchange rate data from the Asian Crisis of 1997 and beyond. Connection weight changes during retraining of networks used to forecast exchange rates form the basis of this measure. These weight changes...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to point out the importance, value and the economic status of the public information services (PIS), which are in danger and to propose alternative solutions that the Greek Governmental Officials and Public Sector’s Library Managers can employ to support...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to discuss the challenges that the current economic crisis has posed for Greek public and municipal libraries. Design/methodology/approach – This is a viewpoint paper discussing the past, present and future directions that Greek public and municipal...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present the results of a study of an industrial company's top management team (TMT) that fought to survive an economic crisis. Specifically, the article seeks to focus on describing the TMT's composition, group processes, and work during a period of...