The economic elite have always been of special interest both to researchers and practitioners. Particularly with regard to periods of great societal transformation, economic elites are regarded as the most important social group and the main driving forces of the change process. However, this...

This chapter explores the perceptions held about “good” corporate governance (GCG) in three different transforming economies of Central and Eastern Europe [CEE] (East Germany, Estonia, and Hungary). Forty-nine interviews were conducted with corporate governance experts from various...

Wie wird in KMU, die eine Reform ihrer betrieblichen Partizipationsstrukturen als Antwort auf die wirtschaftliche Strukturkrise planen, waehrend einer Akutkrise mit Blick auf diese Reform und auf die betriebliche Partizipation reagiert? Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht diese Frage anhand von...

Die bisherigen Daten scheinen auf eine lediglich begrenzte Einkommenskonvergenz zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland anstatt auf eine Angleichung in absehbarer Zeit hinzudeuten. In diesem Beitrag konzentrieren sich die Autoren auf die Frage, ob in Deutschland zukünftig vollständige Konvergenz der...

This paper characterizes the optimal time path of R&D and capital subsidization. Starting from the steady state under current R&D subsidization in the US, the R&D subsidy should significantly jump upwards and then slightly decrease over time. There is a small loss in welfare, however, from...

Purpose – The article aims to explore the link between corporate crises and decisions about employee participation in the context of the global financial crisis (GFC). Design/methodology/approach – The authors complement Weick's sensemaking perspective with some distinctions taken from...

Purpose – The article aims to explore the link between corporate crises and decisions about employee participation in the context of the global financial crisis (GFC). Design/methodology/approach – The authors complement Weick's sensemaking perspective with some distinctions taken from...

We aim at a better understanding of the inefficiencies resulting from distributional conflict in small open economies. To this end, a general equilibrium model with the following characteristics is set up: two groups of agents (capitalists and workers), an endogenous income tax, productive...

What are the dynamic consequences of comprehensive integration shocks? The answer to this question appears all but trivial. A dynamic macroeconomic model is set up of a small open economy with capital mobility, migration and increasing returns to scale. The model features multiple equilibria as...