The feature of contemporary enterprises is an aspiration of achieving the competitive edge thanks to investments in the knowledge and innovation. Apart from investment in tangible capital, more and more enterprises undertake many initiatives directed at the development of the intellectual...

The feature of contemporary enterprises is an aspiration of achieving the competitive edge thanks to investments in the knowledge and innovation. Apart from investment in tangible capital, more and more enterprises undertake many initiatives directed at the development of the intellectual...

Building on the established Post Keynesian theory of the firm, we identify different stakeholders inside and outside the firm, and we assess their potentially conflicting objectives. Depending on the bargaining power of these different stakeholders, we can distinguish different macroeconomic...

The business enterprise in the real world wrestles with fundamental uncertainty and instability. Key enterprise decisions such as pricing, financing, and investment are thus made strategically rather than optimally. Heterodox economists are, however, divided in the account of business...

Using data from a large enterprise-level panel designed to address this issue, we account for enterprise performance in Russia. We link performance to four aspects of the economic environment outlined in the literature: enterprise ownership; corporate governance; market structures and competition;...

Nach den Ergebnissen des neuesten ifo Investitionstestes bei den deutschen Leasinggesellschaften wuchs das Neugeschäft in der Branche 1999 um 6,3%. Für 2000 ist ein weiteres Plus von 4,5% zu erwarten. Die Leasingquote erhöhte sich dadurch 1999 erneut, und zwar von 14,7% auf 15,1%; im...

Die achte Erhebung des ifo Instituts zur Situation der betrieblichen Altersversorgung ergab, dass in der westdeutschen Industrie der Anteil der Beschäftigten, die mit einer betrieblichen Altersversorgung rechnen können, weiter gesunken ist (von 65% auf 64%). Im westdeutschen Handel stagniert...