We examine the publications of authors affiliated with an economics research institution in Canada in (i) the Top-10 journals in economics according to journals? impact factors, and (ii) the Canadian Journal of Economics. We consider all publications in the even years from 1980 to 2000. Canadian...

Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, eine systematische Bestandsaufnahme zum Status quo der Personalforschung im Kulturbereich vorzunehmen. In die Untersuchung einbezogen wurden Studien, die sich empirisch mit dem Thema auseinandersetzen und im deutsch- und englischsprachigen Raum in...

Der Beitrag gibt einen aktuellen Überblick über die ökonomischen Wirkungen der Mitbestimmung auf Betriebs- und Unternehmensebene. Seit dem Überblick von Jirjahn (2006) sind innerhalb weniger Jahre insbesondere zu Betriebsräten zahlreiche neue Studien publiziert worden. Während die Effekte...

Grenzüberschreitende Arbeitszusammenhänge sind inzwischen Normalität für Unternehmen, nichtstaatliche und staatliche Organisationen, aber genauso auch für die Interessenvertretungen von Beschäftigten. Die damit notwendig gewordene Interkulturelle Kompetenz wird häufig eingeschränkt auf...

The structures of social interaction affect individual behavior and economic performance in important ways. This leads us to ask: does the architecture of social interaction exhibit particular patterns and are these patterns stable over time? We examine interaction among economists by looking at...

At the end of 2002, FEEM celebrated a major achievement in its publication history: 1000 published working papers. This paper provides an analysis of FEEM working papers according to different viewpoints. First, it assesses the evolution of the contents of FEEM working papers by identifying the...

[Introduction ...] The remainder of this study is structured as follows: Section two provides the theoretical background and defines EO, the research objects, and research perspectives. In section three, we report on the procedures of our scientometric analysis. Results are presented in section...

Land is an important asset for people's livelihoods and for economic development in Uganda, where the majority of people live in rural areas. This working paper reviews the literature on Uganda's tenure systems and their relationship with economic activities, focusing primarily on rural...

So far, the economic case for gender equality and female empowerment has gained stronger attention in the case of developing countries where women have far less rights and opportunities compared to developed ones. Hence, the grounds supporting gender equality have been much stronger and much...

Cities are at the heart of Europe. As four of every five European citizens live in urban areas, their quality of life and the quality of their environment depends upon how cities look and how they function. Cities are also places where business is done, investments are made and jobs are created....