Gastgeber: Prof. Gisela Schütz, Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Telefon: 0711 689-1950 Strongly interacting electrons: from Kondo effect to quantum criticality Hilbert von Löhneysen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Physikalisches Institut und Institut für Festkörperphysik About 50 years ago, Jun Kondo explained a phenomenon in solid-state physics that at that time had been ...

Firms face an environment changing at an increasingly rapid pace. Unfortunately, the speed at which organizations can adapt their strategies and competencies to exploit such opportunities remains limited. In this paper we weave together an external perspective on market-facing with an internal perspective on competency development and marshalling to describe the organizational activities necess...

There has been growing interest in the impact of flexible employment contracts on workers affected by them. In the light of assumptions that such workers are significantly disadvantaged, European-wide legislation has been introduced to ensure that they are treated similarly to permanent employees. The evidence on the impact of flexible employment contracts on employees’ attitudes and behaviour ...