Unternehmen beklagen zunehmend den wachsenden Fachkräftemangel in Deutschland. Gleichzeitig erhalten Berufseinsteigerinnen und Berufseinsteiger reihenweise Absagen trotz guter Abschlüsse, internationaler Erfahrung, hoher Grundmotivation und umfangreicher Praktika. Wie passt das zusammen? Zum...

For the last two decades, board diversity is increasingly considered as a significant mechanism of good corporate governance. Thus, the question arises whether a heterogeneously or rather a homogenously composed board contributes to the efficiency of a company's management and monitoring....

Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in "foreign" markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms enjoy productivity gains when they are located close...