Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die „mentalen“ Diskrepanzen und Unterschiede in der Auffassung ökonomisch relevanter Präferenzparameter wie Vertrauen und Risikoeinstellung zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschen und geht der Frage nach: Ist Konvergenz bei den untersuchten Größen zwischen Ost...

This paper proposes that a virtuous circle for the sustainable develop- ment of a city or region is achieved through a process whereby proactive and strong leadership and effective institutions enhance the capacity and capability of a place to better use its resource endowments and gain an...

In this paper, we make an attempt to understand what factors have caused some states to grow faster than others.

Development and industrial unbalance in Rio Grande do Sul: an evolutionary secular analysis - This present paper applies both the institutionalistic and neo-Schumpeterian approaches in order to understand the dynamics of industrial development and the consequent evolution of the economic...

The contribution of this paper to the social capital literature is threefold. It first develops an innovative framework for measuring social capital, which allows for quantification of five different components of the multidimensional concept of social capital. Secondly, it provides a single,...

Even though Social entrepreneurship as a concept dates back to the second half of the 18 , it is still poorly defined. It has been defined via the use of terms such as social enterprise, social innovation, nonprofit ventures and social responsibility. Its boundaries to the other fields are...

Narratives simplify conceptual thinking about complex phenomena by providing interpretations and backgrounds based on standard linguistic schemes. As such, they offer an apt form for suggestive evocation of the many controversies on the impact of technology and science on world agriculture....

Over the past several decades, significant efforts have been made to regulate the use of resource and pollution in most industrialized countries, and the stringency of pollution regulations has continued to increase globally. At the same time, physical and social infrastructures are influenced...

Ein Teil des heute noch vorhandenen ökonomischen Rückstandes von Ostdeutschland im Vergleich zu Westdeutschland kan direkt auf die Nachkriegswirren des 2. Weltkrieges zurückgeführt werden. Die Ankunft der Roten Armee in Zentral- und Osteuropa führte sowohl zu großen Fluchtbewegungen als...

Am 3. Oktober 2015 wurde der 25. Jahrestag der deutschen Wiedervereinigung gefeiert. Das Ende der Teilung eröffnete große Chancen und neue Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten. Heute zeigen sich enorme Fortschritte, die bei der Verbesserung der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Lebensbedingungen erreicht...