This paper introduces and analyses the German Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2019 (Geschäftsgeheimnisgesetz), which implements the EU Trade Secrets Directive 2016/943. It also addresses issues of interpretation left open by the Directive, which will have to be decided by the CJEU and the...

Im Spannungsfeld von Industrie und Handel vermitteln Handelsvertretungen nahezu die Hälfte des Inlandsumsatzes der deutschen Industrie. In jüngerer Zeit wird der Aufgabenbereich von Handelsvertretungen unter Marketingaspekten verstärkt diskutiert. Die vorliegende Arbeit strukturiert das...

11 hypotheses from agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and Ouchi's theoretical approach on the impact of environmental, Company and salespeople characteristics on the design of salesforce control systems (outcome- vs. behavior-based) are summarized and tested on a data set of 270 German...

We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs. Without finance constraints, enforcement of non-compete agreements unambiguously improves social welfare outcomes, and even increases the rate of spinoffs from original firms....