This study examined the climate for innovation and creativity, and related outcome measures, in 31 Canadian and 11 US small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as assessed by 120 R&D engineers in those firms. Prior studies on the innovativeness of countries have been critical of Canadian firms...

The concept of sovereignty can help us understand contemporary policy disagreements between Europe and the United States. Ironically, the US, from which the first republican critique of the concept of sovereignty emanated, has now become one of its staunchest defenders. Meanwhile, the European...

Health care is a very important component of the American economy. The United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) put the 2008 direct health care expenditures at about $2.34 trillion, or about 16.2 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), or an average of...

Chapter 1. Introduction: What is Concession Bargaining? -- Chapter 2. The World of Concession Bargaining -- Chapter 3. The First Wave: Concession Bargaining in the 1980s -- Chapter 4. The Second Wave: The Ultra-Concession Bargaining of the Past Decade -- Chapter 5. The Message Behind the New...

Corporate Governance gehört zu den Managementthemen, die in Wissenschaft, Politik und Unternehmenspraxis gegenwärtig am meisten diskutiert werden. Das Lehrbuch erläutert umfassend alle betriebswirtschaftlichen Perspektiven und Fragestellungen guter Corporate Governance aus theoretischer und...

1. Understanding Recession: Conceptual Arguments and US Adjustments -- 2. Financial Crisis and the Great Recession in the United States -- 3. Dynamics of Deflation and Unemployment: Fall into an Abyss of Deflation -- 4. Market Fluctuations and Country Risk Relationships for Australian and Indian...

Major societal challenges of a global nature include climate change, efficient energy supply, environmental sustainability, and health care. Science & Technology Policy (S&T) policy is an essential contributor to dealing with these challenges; moreover, international cooperation and...