As a main dimension of intercultural communication competence, intercultural sensitivity has increasingly gained attention in research in different disciplines. In the United States, Chen and Starosta have developed an instrument, comprising 5 factors with 24 items, for measuring intercultural...

Mit dem Wandel der Beratungsbranche hat sich auch die Art und Weise der Beschaffung von Beratungsleistungen durch die Klienten verändert. Das professionelle Management von Angebotssituationen bekommt eine immer größere Bedeutung: Aus der Perspektive des Anbieters werden diese zum...

"This book provides an overview of the multiple-case study methodology used to describe how various maker sites designed their learning methodology and supported learning communities from an European perspective"--

The study aims at describing productivity growth in the manufacturing sector for a selected panel of five European countries using firm-level data. The paper explores the empirical regularities of firm productivity distribution across countries. In particular, we assess the degree of persistence...