In this project the technology of skill formation in early childhood has been investigated. It was the aim to integrate recent findings from childhood research (neuroscience, developmental psychology) into…
In its study from 2001 the European Commission highlighted the main tax obstacles to cross border business activities in the European Union which hamper companies from exploiting the full benefits of the…
The Integrated Employment Biographies (IEB), provided by the IAB, can be supposed to become one of the most important data sources for labour market research in Germany: The IEB link process data information of…
Investigation of the number and development of firm foundations in the high-tech sector with special emphasis on the field of information and communication…
In order to stimulate the competitiveness the EU council invoked the Lisbon-Process. In addition, the crucial importance of R&D for future competitiveness is highlighted by the Barcelona objectives which hold that…
IST (Information Society Technologies) reside among the European Commisions priorities within the Framework Programme structuring European research activities. The project is aimed at an assessment of existing…
The falling labour input is among the factors responsible fort the low German growth path lagging behind the growth experience in many other industrial countries. It is the objective of this project to look into…
The main aim of this interdisciplinary project was to present a comprehensive analysis of the determinants and effects of the use of IT consulting. The project, which was split into three modules based on three…
In Germany and other EU countries it occurs that reforms which are regarded by many experts as wealth augmenting are not necessarily accepted by voters.The project looks into these phenomena of reform resistance…
The main purpose of this contract is to yield support for the preparation of statistics, indicators and analysis in order to generate new information to underpin R&D policy development in the context of the…
Over the last years, many changes have been taking place in the asset management industry. Some of them are driven by cost and performance considerations (e.g. outsourcing, multi-management), by investors demand…