Few theories in the social sciences have gained more widespread acceptance than Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - despite a lack of conclusive empirical evidence. At the core of Weber's theory lies a connection between Protestantism and attitudes toward work. Using...

Mit der Bedeutung von Ressourcen für Unternehmen beschäftigen sich mehrere Forschungsansätze. Im Rahmen des vorliegenden Research Papers werden der klassische ressourcenbasierte Ansatz und seine Erweiterungen um Kompetenzen, Kernkompetenzen und dynamische Fähigkeiten dargestellt. Die...

This paper investigates the long-term trend and the underlying determinants of public sector centralization in Germany from 1871 until today. The institutional and the quantitative review of the German history provides no conclusive evidence for a continuous process of government centralization...

We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue, Hispanic Catholics will experience rapid growth,...