Verhindern kurzfristige Gewinninteressen von Hedge- und Private-Equity-Fonds eine solide Unternehmensstrategie und gefährden die Existenz von Traditionsunternehmen? Zu diesen Fragen fand vom 20. bis 22. Oktober 2006 unter der Leitung von Dr. Wolfgang Quaisser in der Akademie für Politische...

"This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of immigrants on native female labour supply. By segmenting the market by educational levels, we are able to investigate which nativeborn women are more affected by an increase of low-skilled immigrants working in the household service...

"Other countries have already privatised their job placement systems to a greater extent than Germany has. This concerns such different welfare state regimes as Australia and Great Britain on the one hand and the Netherlands - and more recently also Belgium and Denmark - on the other hand....

"This article examines the consequences of contracting-out on the basis of the four criteria of efficiency, economy, effectiveness and equality (3 or 4 e's concept), which are borrowed from New Public Management research. The paper is based on 76 expert interviews and informative discussions...