In diesem Kapitel wird dargestellt, wie die Sustainability Scorecard (SBSC) auf der Grundlage [...] der Balanced Scorecard für ein wertorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement entwickelt und eingesetzt werden kann. Dies soll in drei Schritten geschehen. Zunächst werden der wertorientierte Ansatz...

The positive relationship between firm size and direct export is often considered as a stylized fact. Numerous econometric investigations back theoretical considerations by showing that a ceteris paribus positive relationship between firm size and direct export activities exists. This note...

This paper uses a large plant level panel data set from Germany and a matching approach to look for casual effects of starting to export on plant performance. We find positive effects on growth of employment, labor productivity, and wages.

Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany in in part due to a habit that might be termed "stigmatisation of failure": taking a second chance to build one's own firm after failing as a self-employed person is said to be much more difficult here than in...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht mit Daten aus dem Regionalen Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM) - einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsbefragung in zehn deutschen Raumordnungsregionen - die Frage, ob neben persönlichen Charakteristika und Einstellungen auch Merkmale der Region die individuelle...

This paper starts from the stylized fact that firm size and exporting tends to be positively related. Using large sets of establishment panel data for three different industries from official statistics, evidence is presented that the familiar picture of an export/sales ratio that increases (at...