Managementtrends in der (internationalen) Automobilindustrie -- Bewertung von integrierten Produktbündeln -- Alternative Antriebe, Fahrerassistenzsysteme und vernetzte Fahrzeuge -- Mobilität in urbanen Räumen.

The theoretical and empirical innovation literature stresses the importance of regional fac-tors and locational conditions for location choice of firms and their innovation success. Innovation activities are not equally distributed in space because agglomeration effects and specific regional...

Using both household and linked-employer-employee data we study the effects of works councils on individual sickness absence rates and a subjective measure of personnel problems due to absenteeism in Germany. We find that the existence of a works council is positively correlated with the...