Business Models haben in der Managementpraxis innovativer Existenzgründungen an Bedeutung gewonnen. Während einst Businesspläne das Geschäftskonzept verschriftlichten, dienen gegenwärtig Business Models als zentrales Bezugssystem für Analysen, Bewertungen und Planungen. Sie identifizieren...

When evaluating a pilot or demonstration program, there are risks from drawing inferences from a single test. This paper reviews the experiences of replication efforts from demonstrations using randomized controlled trials in the initial evaluation and the replications. Although replications of...

The world economy is expanding at a more moderate pace with growth momentum continuing to shift from emerging to advanced economies. World GDP will increase by 3.3 per cent this year - even some-what less than the already modest growth in the recent past. For 2016 and 2017 we expect growth to...

Global growth has slowed down recently. While the world economy should gradually regain pace over the coming quarters, overall growth momentum is expected to remain subdued. The recent drop in oil prices has not improved the outlook as it to a substantial degree signals weaker demand;...