We consider a firm that designs a new product and wishes to bring it to market, but does not have ownership or control over all of the resources required to make that happen. The firm must select and contract with one of several possible tier 1 suppliers for necessary inputs, who do the same...

My dissertation contains three studies centering on the question: how to motivate people to share high quality information on online information aggregation systems, also known as social computing systems? I take a social scientific approach to identify the strategic behavior of individuals in...

The economic performances of North and South Korea over the past decade have differed significantly. This is largely due to the government policies of the two countries, which affect business in conflicting ways. Despite the differences in economic growth, there are a number of similarities...

Flexible Wissensarbeit in Form hoch qualifizierter selbständiger Beschäftigung stellt in derBundesrepublik einen relativ neuen Erwerbstypus dar, der im Dienstleistungssektor aufExpansionskurs ist. Der Beitrag stellt zentrale Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchungim exemplarischen Feld...

This study aimed to systematically describe the decision-making phase of family formation in German lesbians planning to parent via donor insemination, to assess the issues pertinent to each mother role and those involved in donor type choice using a retrospective, structured questionnaire. Data...

Die Forschungsarbeit beschäftigt sich mit generationsübergreifendem Wissenstransfer in Familienunternehmen vor dem Hintergrund der Unternehmensübergabe an die Tochter. Ausgangspunkt ist die Frage, wie Wissen von der einen Generation, den VorgängerInnen, auf die Nachfolgegeneration...

This study is a collection of essays in empirical labor economics with a focus on labor supply. The topics chosen are from different fields of research that are not on the top of economists' agenda and therefore are underresearched. First, it is examined whether religion affects individuals'...

Research into the interrelationship between firm strategy and firm performance is fairly common. Not as common is the examination of firm behaviors as an intermediate construct between strategy and performance. Additionally, the construct of adaptability, found in previous research to be highly...

This dissertation sought to develop a grounded theory explaining how ENGOs assess the environmental performance of firms, select target industries and firms, and influence those targeted industries and firms. A preliminary model based on research in the fields of social movements,...