Konzentrierte und inhaltlich fundierte Einführung in die Gentechnik. Ausführlich werden die biologischen und molekularen Grundlagen und die wichtigsten Methoden erklärt. Die Autoren zeigen zudem die wichtigsten Anwendungsmöglichkeiten vor allem in den Bereichen der Medizin und...

Die digitale Zukunft ist bereits Realität. Wir können den Wandel nicht weiter aussitzen, sondern müssen ihn gemeinsam aktiv gestalten. Doch welchen ethischen Herausforderungen müssen wir uns hierbei stellen? Wie wahren wir die Menschen-, Grund- und Bürgerrechte? Und wie können wir unsere...

This paper analyzes naming behavior in Germany in the context of rapid social change. It begins with an overview of general developments in naming in Germany over the last one hundred years, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which supplies us with almost 45,000...

The German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP) offers the rare opportunity to look at patterns of given names amongst a representative sample of more than 50,000 people born since 1900. This article develops an exemplary picture of typical frequency distributions for given names and their...

Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. In this chapter, we argue that focusing on a phase of life during which this positive picture does not necessarily prevail promises to help us better understand between-person disparities in the...

This paper analyzes naming behavior in Germany in the context of rapid social change. It begins with an overview of general developments in naming in Germany over the last one hundred years, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which supplies us with almost 45,000...

In this paper we investigate the factors that lead firms to cooperate with partners from foreign countries on innovation activities. Portuguese and German data from the harmonised Community Innovation Survey (CIS III) allow us to compare innovation cooperation behaviour of private firms in the...

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation and economic growth. They could open the way to many radically new applications, which would form the basis of innovative products. In this context, it seems all the more...

Empirical studies on the link between green investment and other business investment at the firm level either focus on innovation specific types of investment or fail to consider the simultaneity of investment decisions. The analysis to be presented here offers a broad focus on different types...