'This is an original and very well structured and informative book. Its particular interest stems from the multidimensional and detailed analysis of a set of core technologies and their uneven diffusion process in eight countries of quite different levels of development. It challenges received...

Deutschland durchläuft einen Prozess des demografischen Wandels. In den nächsten Jahrzehnten werden das Erwerbspersonenpotenzial spürbar zurückgehen und das Durchschnittsalter der Bevölkerung stark ansteigen. Wie die vorliegende Analyse zeigt, werden sich diese Entwicklungen deutlich auf...

We look at how the arrival of an invention affects wage returns and probability of moving out of employment for white- and blue-collar coworkers of the inventor. First results suggest that older workers are hurt by the arrival of an invention. This negative effect disappears when we control for...

1. Why Well-being, Resilience and Innovation? -- 2. Theoretical Foundations of Resilience, Well-being and Innovation -- 3. Meso-level Influences on Well-being, Resilience and Innovation: Creating an Ambidextrous Context through HRM -- 4. Quantitative Analysis -- 5. Within-case Qualitative...