Highly innovative firms are commanding a growing share of the market in several industries. This trend impacts on competition and prices – but it also has an effect on the share of overall income going to labor. This, in turn, can...

The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which gave the European Central Bank (ECB) responsibilities for banking supervision in the euro area, is now 5 years old. The European Parliament is the main political actor with powers to...

The principles of subsidiarity and proportionality have been subject to intense debate. Which policy issues are best dealt with by central decision making at EU level, and which are best handled at member state level? This...

Immer mehr Märkte folgen dem Prinzip "The winner takes it all" - einige wenige hochproduktive "Superstar"-Firmen dominieren zunehmend ganze Branchen. Wie wirkt sich ihre Dominanz auf die Löhne von Arbeitnehmern und die Verteilung...

Immer mehr Märkte folgen dem Prinzip "The winner takes it all" - einige wenige hochproduktive "Superstar"-Firmen dominieren zunehmend ganze Branchen. Wie wirkt sich ihre Dominanz auf die Löhne von Arbeitnehmern und die Verteilung...

To increase popularity for apprenticeship training, it is important to give reliable information about apprenticeship models that are a potential win-win situation, Not only creating benefits for individuals and the state, but for...

What are the costs and benefits of dual apprenticeship training for companies in Italy? The study looks at nine occupations in very different economic sectors.

Berufliche Schulen leisten einen wichtigen Teil der beruflichen Bildung. Aber schon seit Längerem fehlen dort eigens für das Lehramt an beruflichen Schulen ausgebildete Lehrkräfte. Bildungsforscher Klaus Klemm zeigt nun, dass sich...

A common European safe asset is a highly contentious proposal within the Euro area reform agenda. Various safe asset proposals have been put forward since the onset of the Euro crisis ranging from Eurobonds to European Safe Bonds...

Our new study carried out by Intellecap examines the social enterprise landscape and its key stakeholders in India and is aimed to help impact investors fine-tune their sectoral focus and help social entrepreneurs tweak their...