In hierarchical organizations the role of a team leader often requires making decisions which do not necessarily coincide with the majority opinion of the team. However, these decisions are final and binding for all team members. We study experimentally why, and under which conditions, leaders...

This paper assess determinants of productivity gaps between firms in the European transition countries and regions and firms in West Germany. The analysis is conducted at the firm level by use of a unique database constructed by field work. The determinants tested in a simple econometric...

A review of managerial literature highlights the crucial of shared culture and common schemes of interpretation in organisational learning...

This paper considers critically the question of what constitutes „local partnership‟, including the stated meanings and implicit power relationships within, for instance, public/private partnerships, specific projects such as Building Schools for the Future or the „area partnership‟...

Die Entwicklung neuer Tech¬nologien ist für die meisten Unternehmen ein grundlegender Faktor, um neue Marktchancen er¬grei¬fen und zukünftige Herausforderungen meistern zu können. Dabei ist es zunehmend notwendig, innerhalb immer kürzer werdender Zeitspannen neue Technologien für das...