Mixing economic theory and empirical analysis, this book tackles the economics and econometrics of codetermination, rooted in the German Mitbestimmung. The core themes are an examination of the theory and practice of co-determination at plant (work councils) and enterprise (worker directors) levels.

Das essential vermittelt einen Einblick in den Aufbau, die Funktionsweise und typische Regelungen eines „Virtual Stock Option“-Programms zur Mitarbeiterbeteiligung. Der Autor erläutert die Bedeutung der Mitarbeiterbeteiligung als Bestandteil einer zeitgemäßen Unternehmenskultur sowie...

Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen bieten Unternehmen Vorteile für die Ressourcenbeschaffung und -bindung sowie Ausgestaltung regulativer, normativer und kognitiver Gegebenheiten im Unternehmen. Mit Hilfe dieser Vorteile können wirkungsstarke Beteiligungsformen die Überwindung von Unternehmenskrisen...

This book aims to systematically assess laws and practices, close gaps that currently prevent a full profiling of financial participation, provide a description of individual countries against the background of comparable scores for the EU 27 and to promote a common platform for financial...

A collections of essays in honour of Branko Horvat, an economist and social thinker of great international reputation from former Yugoslavia and nowadays Croatia. The essays deal with themes related to Horvat's own work, namely equality, social justice, employee participation, labour management,...

Conventional wisdom recommends the superiority of private ownership of enterprises. The reality confronts it with a rich diversity in ownership and governance structures. This volume examines five types of unorthodox ownership and governance form emerging in the industrial sector across major...

In order to measure the dynamics of flow-performance relationships for a multi-domicile sample, Simon Weiler applies existing flow-performance research methods to a broad set of European equity (UCITS) funds and proves that major findings (performance-chasing behaviour and a convex...

Various psychographic traits that most directly influence consumers’ private label attitudes are the focal point of Stefanie Weiss’ investigation. The author develops a comprehensive profile of psychographic predictors of attitude and identifies ways of translating these insights into...