We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...

Was steckt hinter New Work, was bringt es und wie funktioniert es? Das Thema ist in aller Munde und doch ist nur selten klar, was genau darunter zu verstehen ist. On the Way to New Work ist ein lebensnahes und unterhaltsames Buch für Menschen, die tiefer in das Thema New Work eintauchen wollen....

This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from trade liberalization on various characteristics of organizational design. We exploit a unique panel dataset on firm hierarchies (1986-1999) of large U.S. firms and find that increasing competition leads firms to become flatter, i.e., (i)...

The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions involves the organization of production in terms of the number of layers of management the firm decides to employ. Using detailed employer-employee matched data and firm production...

Basiert auf Anregungen und offenen Fragen, die in vielen Seminaren, Coachings und Beratungen, welche die Autorinnen auf Basis des ersten Buches gemacht haben.Wenn "New Work Needs Inner Work" die 2D-Version war, fügt das neue Buch dem die dritte Dimension hinzu (besp. "Was sind Innere...