The impact of technology on the demand for heterogeneous labor is controversely discussed throughout the literature. New technology which is said to favor high skilled labor and to substitute low skilled labor is often considered as the main reason for the decline in relative demand for low...

This paper analyses the degree to which firms expect to be able to enter new markets, to develop new products and to contend with new foreign competition after the introduction of the Euro. Panel data taken from a quarterly business survey in the service sector are used for the empirical...

Innovationen sind ein zentrales Element zur Erhaltung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands in einer globalisierten Weltwirtschaft. Waren die Innovationsanstrengungen von Wirtschaft und Politik in der Vergangenheit vorrangig darauf ausgerichtet, auf Forschung und Entwicklung basierende...