In der aktuellen Debatte um eine grundlegende Reform des Wirtschaftsstandorts Deutschland stehen Ansätze zur Reduzierung der Lohnkostenbelastung der Unternehmen im Vordergrund. Diskutiert werden insbesondere der Umbau des Sozialversicherungssystems und die Deregulierung des Arbeitsmarktes....

Reconstructing the complex supplier network of the famous JU 88 air armament programme, this article shows that outsourcing activities increased considerably in wartime Germany. The resulting inter-firm division of labour did not lead only to a quite effective protection of the German aircraft...

Analysing 474 cases of firms going public in the German capital between 1892 and 1913, we show that innovative firms could rely on the Berlin stock market as a source of financing. The data also reveal that initial public offerings (IPO) of innovative firms were characterized by particularly low...