"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...

Immer mehr Berufsgruppen sehen sich durch die großen Gewerkschaften nicht genügend vertreten und gründen eigenständige Vereinigungen. Ist die Zeit der großen Kollektive und des traditionellen Prinzips der »Tarifeinheit im Betrieb« vorbei? Welche Folgen hat eine solche Fragmentierung für...

"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...

An innovative business practice attributed to the information technology (IT) industry is the aggressive use of employee stock options to compensate executives and other employees. In this study, we investigate whether the greater use of stock options in the IT industry can be explained on the...

The role of industrial clusters in the industrialization of many emerging economies continues to dominate the debate among policy makers and researchers worldwide. While recent discussions on this debate have focused on knowledge spillovers among participants within clusters, knowledge flows...

In the I.T. industry, which was confronted to a major transition phase during the 90's, partnerships became a strategic component of the new "divided technical leadership" which emerged from the industry vertical disintegration. This paper attempts to evaluate the impact of 1676 partnerships on...

Since the liberalisation in 1991 in India, the industries have gone through a massive change. The work culture and the mindset of people have dramatically changed over the past two decades. The present paper is an attempt to examine and investigate the extent of impact that certain dimensions of...

This paper empirically investigates the economic relationship between the US and Asian economies after the Asian currency crisis in Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, employing a cointegration methodology. Based on the empirical results, we conclude that the...

The emergence of MNEs from countries such as India characterised by unique institutional and resource environments as important players in the global economy has been a distinctive development in the global economy. In this context, this paper profiles the role of the international...

The “new economic geography” of the IT industry is shaped by two characteristic features of the industry, smaller size of the firms and zero transportation costs of its products that provide its ability of being a ‘footloose’ industry. The IT industry could locate itself in a region on...