Im langfristigen Zeithorizont der kapitalgedeckten Altersvorsorge kommt Kostenunterschieden zwischen verschiedenen Anlageformen große Bedeutung zu. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde das Kostenniveau von Rentenversicherungen und Investmentsparplänen, deren Guthaben bei Fälligkeit in eine...

Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries over the last few decades, especially in comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are two of the main reasons for this phenomenon. However,...

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and Britain. That said, comparatively little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany and still less in both countries about...

Strategy tools are widely used in the practice of strategic management to yield a good solution with an acceptable problem-solving effort. This paper presents results of an experimental research project that assesses the practical effectiveness of a theory-based decision-making tool, the...