Studies find that technological change has contributed to the decline in manufacturing and to persistent unemployment in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for...

In the last thirty years, the world’s economies have changed significantly. New technology developments have enabled the transition from the industrial economy to the network economy. The network economy is based on information technology, connectivity and human knowledge. Its development has...

The present study aims to measure the technical efficiency and establish core factors affecting rice production in Cambodia. A four‐year dataset generated from the central government document “Profile on Economics and Social” of 25 entire provinces between 2012 and 2015 and the stochastic...

Courtesy shopping is a situation when somebody makes purchases on behalf of other person, usually when he/she asks for it. Typical situation of courtesy shopping is buying groceries for elderly neighbours or family members. New context of courtesy shopping is such activity in the context of...

Das Transatlantische Freihandelsabkommen (TTIP) wurde in Öffentlichkeit und Wissenschaft zum Teil sehr plakativ diskutiert. Die Autoren erweitern die Debatte über die Folgen von TTIP für Wachstum, Beschäftigung sowie die Auswirkungen auf Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz um die Perspektive der...

In recent decades, the rise of the entrepreneurial university and the need for commercialization of university knowledge has gained significant attention, thus posing major challenges for higher education institutions. The adequacy of commercialization requirements causes problems not only for...

Die Digitalisierung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft bleibt nicht ohne Wirkung auf Arbeitsmarkt und Wachstum. Welche Effekte sind aber tatsächlich von dieser "digitalen Revolution" für wen und wo zu erwarten? Die Autoren bieten einen Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand und beleuchten...

This paper develops a multi-sector innovation model and derives a theoretical and empirical framework for an innovation version of the input-output matrix. Using industry-level total factor productivity data, we estimate innovation input-output matrices and examine the properties of innovation...

The knowledge from external sources has been recognized as critical for improving the capabilities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to be competitive on the global market. The aim of this paper is to explore main factors which affect SMEs' choice of a dominant source for acquiring...

Um seine Klimaziele zu erreichen, muss Deutschland die Energieversorgung zügig auf erneuerbare Energien umstellen. Viele Weichenstellungen hierfür werden auf Ebene der Bundespolitik getroffen. Daneben gibt es auch für die Bundesländer vielfältige Möglichkeiten, sich für den Ausbau...