Gegenstand dieser Studie ist der Umgang mittelständischer Unternehmen mit vermehrt aufkommenden disruptiven Entwicklungen. Die Mehrheit der Unternehmen sieht das eigene Geschäftsmodell gut für die Zukunft gerüstet. Dieses wird jedoch erst dann kritisch hinterfragt, wenn Probleme bereits...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) offers huge potential to transform and realign our economies and societies. There is an increasing realization that the 4IR could also exacerbate problems for people and the planet. The G20 should champion a holistic approach to the 4IR that helps to...

This article studies the impact of primary care providers (PCPs) exit from the local health care system on patients' health care utilization. I compare patients with each other whose physicians have left the local health care system at different points in time due to retirement, relocation, or...

This paper examines the impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic on China’s trade. Using quarterly transaction-level trade data of all Chinese firms, we find that firms in regions with local transmission of SARS experienced lower import and export growth at both the...