Locational competition has intensified in recent years in the wake of globalisation as well as the general development towards a knowledge- and service-based economy. In this context, newer economic analyses point to a shifting of the locational factors considered relevant for success in local...

Die für Deutschland prognostizierte Bevölkerungsalterung wird sich zukünftig auf den privaten Konsum von Gütern und Dienstleistungen auswirken. Altersspezifisch unterschiedliche Konsummuster lassen dabei sowohl Veränderungen im Niveau als auch in der Struktur des Konsums der privaten...

The Limits to Growth was published 50 years ago. Ordered by the Club of Rome, the study was a milestone in the analysis of the economic, demographic, technical and ecological effects of the existing economic system. In industrialised Western countries in particular, the critical examination of...