To steer economies onto a sustainable path in a way that is compatible with the urgent priorities of economic developers, sustainability needs to come with new business opportunities, growing markets and, most importantly, new jobs. The big question becomes then how do you wed economic growth...

This dissertation consists of five distinct empirical papers covering two large areas of research that are rather independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of intergeneration interaction on the parents of adult...

Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es, die bisherigen Anstrengungen und Entwicklungen im Freistaat Sachsen im Bereich der Industriellen (Weißen) Biotechnologie (IBT) zu evaluieren. Hierzu werden der aktuelle Stand der technologischen Entwicklungen analysiert, die Technologie- und Anwendungsfelder...