This thesis addresses how firms learn to innovate by using external information and knowledge in the face of limited absorptive capacity. Innovation is an interactive process that requires firms to reach beyond their boundary in search of external knowledge. However, very little is known about...

Die Arbeit untersucht die Regulierung der Anlageberatung und stellt dar, warum es dabei trotz bester Absichten des Gesetzgebers bisher nicht gelungen ist, einen Rechtsrahmen zu schaffen, der die Anzahl an enttäuschten und getäuschten Anlegern verringert. Dabei wird auf die Erkenntnisse der...

Ongoing macro-level socioeconomic change has been associated with protracted and uncertain work environments for youth around the world and consequently, prolonged periods spent in education. To investigate this association, the present study combined elements from the Jena model of social...