This paper investigates to what extent the usage of information and communication technology (ICT) fosters innovation activities by facilitating more flexible organisational structures in firms. We distinguish between functional flexibility (the ability of workers to co-operate and take...

After the end of communism enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) were marked by low levels of labor productivity, mainly because of too high employment levels. According to economic theory, the corporate capital structure can be an important element in the restructuring process. But...

This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency of block trading is similar to other countries, and the vast majority of block trades leads to changes in ultimate ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely...

This paper analyzes the relationship between investment in information and communication technologies (ICT), non-ICT-investment, labor productivity and workplace reorganization. Firms are assumed to reorganize workplaces if the productivity gains arising from workplace reorganization exceed the...

Personalmanagement einmal aus der Perspektive der Netzwerkforschung betrachten, das ist der tiefere Sinn der vorliegenden Studie, die sich mit den weitgehend vernachlässigten personalen Aspekten des Managements von und in Unternehmensnetzwerken befasst. Behandelt werden Personalprobleme aus dem...

Die Globalisierung wirtschaftlicher Aktivitäten bei gleichzeitiger Fragmentierung und Dynamisierung der Markts verschärft den internationalen Kosten- und Innovationswettbewerb. Flexibilität und Innovationsfähigkeit sind zu entscheidenden Wettbewerbsfaktoren geworden. Viele Unternehmen haben...

Previous empirical literature has shown that technological change can be considered the main cause of the skill bias (increase in the number of highly skilled workers) exhibited by manufacturing employment in developed countries over the last decades. However, recent papers have also introduced...

Using a stochastic frontier approach this paper evaluates the effects of substantial changes in the teaching material on students learning efficiency. The results indicate that the main effects of the re-organization on the learning efficiency was a decreasing importance of students? attendance...

This article compares and contrasts male immigrant labor market experiences in Sweden and Denmark during the period 1985 - 1995. Using register-based panel data sets from Sweden and Denmark, a picture of the employment assimilation process of immigrants from Norway, Poland, Turkey, and Iran is...