Am 2. Februar 2005 hat die Europäische Kommission den Neustart der Lissabon-Strategie für die Europäische Union (EU) verkündet. Diese Strategie soll die Grundlage bilden für die Bewältigung des dringenden Bedarfs der EU an mehr Wirtschaftswachstum, Arbeitsplätzen und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit...

This paper investigates whether financial obstacles, and, more generally, financial pressure faced by firms, significantly affect firm growth. For this purpose, we use an unbalanced panel of about 1,000,000 observations for around 155,000 non-financial corporations in five euro area countries....

En este estudio analizamos el impacto de las restricciones al crédito en la inversión, los inventarios y el crecimiento empresarial con una muestra grande de pequeñas y medianas empresas de 12 economías europeas durante el período 2014-2016. Los datos provienen de la Encuesta sobre el...

In important conflicts such as wars and labor-management disputes, people typically rely on the judgment of experts to predict the decisions that will be made. We compared the accuracy of 106 forecasts by experts and 169 forecasts by novices about eight real conflicts. The forecasts of experts...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the complexities and tensions that international organisations face in managing ethics. Design/methodology/approach – Three levels of ethics are identified and discussed in the paper in the context of three international strategies. Findings...

O presente estudo analisa o comportamento estratégico predominante das empresas que constituem a cadeia produtiva do peixe em Dourados no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. A pesquisa também avalia a competitividade sistêmica da cadeia produtiva do peixe a partir do comportamento estratégico de...

Purpose – This paper contends that there is a positive relationship between current globalisation, unemployment, inequality and poverty, which paves a vista for further academic discourse.Design/methodology/approach – As a meta-analytical study, the paper relied on secondary data. It is a...

Purpose -- The purpose of the paper is to discuss the new realities of global rivalry which has been elevated to include economic competition between nations, in addition to the more traditional forms of competitive interactions between firms, Design/methodology/approach -- The Introduction...