CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas enhances small firms’ innovation performance. A Heckman selection model … on 305 small firms shows that not only CEO’s and managers’, but also non-managerial employees’ ideas contribute to …

impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 … covering the period from 1984-2010 for Germany respectively 1992-2011 for the U.S. and apply system GMM in order to solve … Germany. A differentiation between imported intermediates (efficient sourcing strategy) and final inputs (competition) reveals …

This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had … recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership …

This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative … managerled firms, expenditures on R&D depend on the control exerted. If capital shares are widely dispersed and managers are thus … only controlled a little by owners, they invest more into R&D. Owner-led firms and managers who are strongly controlled …