This paper starts out by pointing out the challenges and weaknesses which the German banking systems faces according to the prevailing views among national and international observers. These challenges include a general problem of profitability and, possibly as its main reason, the strong role...

Gerade kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen bietet überbetriebliche Zusammenarbeit in Produktionskooperationen oder Produktionsnetzwerken Chancen, um auch zukünftig am Markt erfolgreich zu sein. In den Kernbereichen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes arbeitet immerhin die Hälfte der Betriebe bereits in...

This paper investigates the sources of total factor productivity growth in the German manufacturing sector, 1981-1998. Decomposition formulae for aggregate productivity growth are used to identify the effects of structural change and entry-exit on aggregate productivity growth. Documented is a...