Der Lionsclub Düsseldorf-Hösel hat sich an dem Erwerb der ellipsenförmigen Skulptur der Düsseldorfer Kunstprofessorin Katharina Grosse beteiligt. Dieses farbige Kunstwerk misst 11 x 8 Meter (H x B) und ist am 17. September 2014 in einer Feierstunde der Öffentlichkeit übergeben worden. Es...

This paper seeks to quantify how the welfare of different types of household changed between 2006/07 and 2009/10; a period which included the 2008/09 recession. We use three measures of household welfare: income, expenditure and the equivalent variation metric. The equivalent variation is a...

The relation between religious organizations and political authority is notoriously tense. Max Weber argued that this is because both compete over the same resource: human commitment. This article revisits Weber’s hypothesis. Specifically, we explore two psychological mechanisms through which...

The effect of generous welfare benefits on unemployment is highly contested. The dominant perspective contends that benefits provide disincentive to work, whereas others portray benefits as job-search subsidies that facilitate better job matches. Despite many studies of welfare benefits and...

This paper analyses the link between sustainability-related innovation and sustainability performance and the role that family firms play in this. This theme is particular relevant from a European point of view given the large number of firms that are family-owned. Governments often support...

Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management. In particular, since these industries have a long history of radical innovations taking place through distinct industry cycles of higher and lower demand, firms...

Baigiamajame magistro darbe atlikta mokslinėje literatūroje paskelbtų konkurentų tyrimo ir vertinimo metodų ir sistemų koncepcijų sisteminė ir lyginamoji analizė. Darbo tikslas – sukurti konkurentų tyrimo ir vertinimo sistemą.Sukurta konkurentų tyrimo ir vertinimo sistema nurodo...

Structural changes play an essential role in the economic development of a country. They represent the evolution of economic dynamics within the macroeconomy. As we know, the economic sectors of a country do not affect the whole economy equally and their level of output generates economic...

The application of mixed methods in researching digitalisation and rural development has numerous benefits in terms of the integration of various data sources. In this paper, we present a novel, mixed methods approach that combines digital and analogue methods. We investigate multilocal work...