Today the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) has reached almost any sector. It has led companies to adapt their business organization and to restructure business processes. The fact that…
The international research network "Non-Cognitive Skills - Acquisition and Economic Consequences" was supported for three years (2008-2010) by the Leibniz Association as a part of the "Pakt für Forschung und…
Representing a chapter within the European Competitiveness Report 2008, this research project assesses the economic impacts of the 2008 renewables and climate change policies until 2020 and beyond, particularly…
The EU aims to promote science and encourage researchers to work together with each other and with businesses. To this end, it launched the Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP) in…
The aim of the study is to provide information on the consequences that the adoption of a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) would have on the size of the corporate tax bases of EU companies located in each of…
For the well-functioning of a common currency, convergence of business cycles in participating is of considerable importance. In the absence of convergence, monetary policy will not satisfy the needs of all,…
The aim of the project is to assess the competitiveness of Germany as an international financial centre compared to main European competitors (Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, UK). In the first part of the…
It is the aim of this project to analyse production systems from an organisational and economic perspective. At the one hand, the effects of age-structure among the employees in combination with different…
The purpose of the project is a preliminary descriptive analysis of the microstructure of EU CO2 emissions allowances (EUAs) markets and an assessment of market shares of German corporations in the European…
On account of the different dynamics of the development of the supply and demand of academic graduates, there is, at least temporarily, expected to be a shortage, especially in the engineering and natural science…
We analyze the effect of market concentration on innovation in the relevant market. Previous work either concentrates on the effect of M&A on the profitability of competitors or on the innovative performance of…