Volume 77 (2024), Edition 2

In this article, the significance of insourcing in the manufacturing sector and its subsectors is examined based on a quantitative representative management survey and case studies. The underlying motives for, and forms of, insourcing processes are...

The aim of transformation to a bio-economy is to counteract the effects of anthropogenic climate change. For companies, this implies a change in the material basis of production. This article utilises a qualitative research approach to examine the...

This article analyses the transformation of white-collar work against the backdrop of digital transformation. The starting point is a surge in automation that is characterised by expanded possibilities in the use of artificial intelligence (AI). On...

This year’s WSI Minimum Wage Report chronicles the development of minimum wages as of January 1, 2024. It is based on data from 38 countries in Europe and elsewhere. Within the European Union, the median increase of minimum wages was 9.5 % in...

The current annual collective bargaining report of the WSI Collective Agreement Archive contains a comprehensive analysis of the 2023 bargaining round and gives an overview of the demands and results as well as a calculation of the annual wage...

Against the background of the Nursing Professions Act introduced in 2020, the article examines the current situation of practice guidance in hospitals. Qualitative interviews were conducted in an intensive care unit of a German maximum care provider...