The application of information technology to finance, or "fintech," is expected to revolutionize many aspects of borrowing and lending in the future, but technology has been reshaping consumer and mortgage lending for many years. During the 1990s, computerization allowed mortgage lenders to...

This article critically examines the theoretical arguments that underlie the literature linking personality traits to economic outcomes and provides empirical evidence indicating that labour market outcomes influence personality outcomes. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we...

The paper examines the determinants that influence the environmental innovation behaviour of companies in Germany in a multivariate context by using data from the Mannheimer Innovations Panel 1993, which was part of the Community Innovation Survey. The objective is to analyse the general...

Das Thema der Arbeit lautet "Die Darstellung von Innovationen in technischen Museen". Die Grundfrage, die hinter diesem Thema steht und die mit der vorliegenden Arbeit beantwortet werden soll, wird wie folgt formuliert: "Inwieweit gehen die Darstellungen von Innovationen in deutschen technischen...

Im Oktober 2004 beauftragte die Hans-Böckler-Stiftung das Soziologische Forschungsinstitut (SOFI) an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen damit, die kurzfristige Machbarkeit eines wissenschaftsgestützten Monitorings zur Neuausrichtung der deutschen Arbeitsmarktpolitik zu untersuchen. Die...