The book offers historical and political explanations, a criticism of neoclassical and "common sense" models in comparative vocational education research, and an inspection of structures, institutions and "boosters" of the "dual system’s" performance. The question, why German companies and...

The paper examines the role of discourse in supporting firm's decisions to relocate and how main actors influence such discourse. If there is uncertainty about the general functioning of the economy, discourse is the place where ideas and paradigms, and possible options of behavior, are created....

Klappentext: As of early 2022, seven of the ten largest firms in the world by market capitalization had been funded through various types of entrepreneurial finance. This handbook provides an up-to-date survey of what we know about this significant phenomenon in all its forms, and where our...

Das Pfadabhängigkeitstheorem hat sich zu einem wichtigen Erklärungskonzept der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung entwickelt. Jürgen Beyer führt die theoretische Debatte fort, indem er auf die Vielzahl möglicher Mechanismen hinweist, die einerseits institutionelle Kontinuität sichern...

This edited volume explores the learning and innovation of Chinese firms. In particular, it examines the difficulties and obstacles affecting the technological collaboration between Chinese firms and foreign partners as well as some of the key organizational and institutional challenges of...

Researchers often test firm conduct models using pass-through regressions or instrumental variables (IV) methods. The former has limited applicability; the latter relies on potentially irrelevant instruments. We show the falsifiable restriction underlying the IV method generalizes the...

List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsChapter 1: Business-financing options⁰́₉ effects on micro-enterprise performance in the tropics: The case of Kisumu County, KenyaRael A. Onyango, Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Enno Masurel and Nelson ObangeChapter 2: Profiling the Tropical...