"The internationally coordinated IAB research project ReLOC - Research on Locational and Organisational Change - investigates the impact of direct investments of German firms in the Czech Republic on the labor markets in both countries. The analysis focuses on the effects of these cross-border...

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

"Formen der Dezentralisierung wie Gruppenarbeit und Center-Konzepte prägen die Diskussion in der Industrie- und Organisationssoziologie seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre bis heute. Bisher fehlt aber eine detaillierte Auseinandersetzung mit der Einführungsdynamik und den Bedingungen der...

"This article summarizes recent studies concerning the effects of organizational change on fundamental economic variables. The framework applied to take account of possible selectivity effects is explained in detail. This methodology is applied to the effects of profits sharing and the legal...

"This paper deals with economic motives for and personnel-management consequences of reducing the number of hierarchical levels from the point of view of fairness aspects. A transition to flat hierarchies can, under certain circumstances, have serious consequences for employees who are directly...

"The first main part of the article summarises empirical findings on the relevant dimensions of the reorganisation of work processes and company organisations. The 'new management concepts' are introduced as well as their objectives with regard to the rearrangement of organisation issues and the...

"This paper deals with the distribution of individual and combined organizational measures in German firms in the period 1999-2001. Based on the data of the IAB establishment panel of 2001, representative findings concerning firms of all industries and establishment sizes are presented. The...

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

Das ifo Institut untersuchte im Auftrag der Stadtverwaltung Radebeul die Situation des Einzelhandels in dieser Stadt. Im folgenden wird auf einige Erkenntnisse dieser Untersuchung zurückgegriffen. Nach Einführung der Wirtschafts-, Währungs- und Sozialunion setzte im Einzelhandel...

Vor allem im Sektor Energie und Grundstoffe haben europäische Großunternehmen eine starke Stellung; 14 der 25 weltweit größten Unternehmen stammen aus Europa (z.B. BASF, Shell). Weniger günstig ist die Position im Investitions- und Konsumgüterbereich.Die Strategien sind geprägt vom Trend...