Vor dem Hintergrund der demografischen Entwicklung geht die Pilotstudie am Beispiel zweier Betriebe der chemischen Industrie der Frage nach, wie sich diese Unternehmen auf die heute bereits absehbaren Veränderungen der Altersstruktur ihrer Belegschaften und der Altersstruktur auf dem...

We use a hazard model to estimate the effect of environmental regulation on the diffusion of membrane cell production technology in the chlorine manufacturing industry. We estimate the effect of regulation on both the adoption of the membrane technology at existing plants and on the exit of...

Although Russia's WTO-accession is foreseeable, there are still deficits in the literature on its concrete effects on the sectoral and regional levels. In this paper we analyse effects on Russia's chemical and petrochemical sectors (CPS), which are, unlike for example its oil and mineral gas...

The paper provides an overview of the financial history of the chemical industry since its inception in the latter half of the nineteenth century in four major countries: Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. The chemical industry is particularly intriguing from the point of view of...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a modification of a standard four input production process where energy is used in an inefficient way due to partly unnecessary waste of energy. In this production process, R&D investment is an additional input in order to improve energy efficiency. It...

As environmental performance is increasingly seen to have an influence over financial performance and financial risk assessment, disclosure of environmental issues in the Annual Reports is a fundamental requirement for a company in order to satisfy the information needs of its stakeholders....

In den fünf norddeutschen Bundesländern arbeiten direkt knapp 900.000 sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigte in der Industrie. Eine noch größere Zahl von Arbeitsplätzen gibt es bei industrienahen Zulieferern und Dienstleistern in Norddeutschland. Allein im Bereich Häfen und Logistik...