This paper proceeds from two key assumptions. The first is that European countries are likely to face increased immigration of individuals. The second is that the emigration of jobs from Europe to other regions of the world through offshoring is also likely to increase. It has been widely argued...

Digitalisierung auf Unternehmensebene ist längst praktischer Bestandteil strategischer Planungen und Umsetzungen. Dabei lassen sich spezifische Auswirkungen auf das Produktivitätswachstum oder die Beschäftigung anhand von Produzenten-Kunden-Beziehungen aufzeigen. Mit Blick auf das...

Die Digitalisierung bringt weitreichende Veränderungen für Unternehmen, Beschäftigte und Verbraucher mit sich. Sie hat Auswirkungen auf nahezu alle Bereiche des wirtschaftlichen Handelns. Die damit verbundenen Veränderungen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft stellen die Wirtschaftspolitik vor...

The aim of this paper is to set some scenarios for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from a critical analysis of the provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation, its challenges and opportunities. The critical analysis departs from the questionable position of...

The report's main objective is to assess the role that competition has played in the weak development of R&D investments in the Finnish corporate sector in the 2010s. The data suggest that the degree of competition relates to differences in Finland's industry-level R&D-intensity developments in...

We use the Labor Force Survey and the monthly Revenue Statistics of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office to investigate the short term economic impacts of the CoVid pandemic during its 1st wave. The microdata allow us to investigate the economic crisis beyond the aggregate statistics. The...

Surveys of cartel proceedings reveal that illegal cartels usually (1) attempt to minimize the risk of detection, (2) achieve merely imperfect levels of collusion, (3) compete against some fringe firms, and (4) adjust to market entries and exits. By contrast, existing oligopoly models of...

The paper explores the implications of the 1920s 'cost controversy' for heterodox economic theory (here limited to post-Keynesian and Sraffian analysis). It argues that neither neoclassical nor heterodox theories have found viable solutions to the basic dilemma posed by the 'cost controversy',...

This paper theoretically and empirically examines the role of information in the practice of pharmaceutical detailing (promotional interactions between drug representatives and physicians). We start with a theoretical framework in which pharmaceutical firms target detailing visits to physicians...

Das Thema Energieeffizienz findet in Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft bisher nur unzureichend Beachtung. Obwohl die Bundesregierung in ihrem Energiekonzept eine Entkopplung von Wachstum und Energieverbrauch vorsieht und einzelne Maßnahmen ergreift, werden die Energieeffizienzgewinne der...