Zusammenfassung Die Höhe der Vorstandsgehälter von Kapitalgesellschaften wird in Deutschland von vielen kritisiert. Ist diese Kritik aber berechtigt und lässt sie sich wirtschaftswissenschaftlich fundieren? Dies will der Aufsatz nicht nur auf Basis von betriebs- und personalwirtschaftlichem...

Zusammenfassung Seit 1998 sind in Deutschland keine ausgeprägten Konjunkturtief- und -höhepunkte mehr auszumachen. Das zeigt die mit den Daten über die Auslastung der industriellen Kapazitäten gewonnene Konjunkturkurve. Hat sich das Konjunkturmuster (auf Dauer) geändert? Vermutet wird, dass...

Abstract Labor productivity comoves strongly with output, leads output and employment, and is only weakly correlated with employment. Procyclical productivity is observed in virtually all countries and industries, and it is observed even in periods of fluctuations due to pure demand shocks, such...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a tactical approach to cope with the issues related to low availability of repairable machines or systems because of their poor reliability and maintainability. It not only explores the significance of availability, but also embarks upon a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the ways and means of creating value and delivering it through people centric initiatives that look beyond technology and reach out to people as instruments in creating a profitable, harmonious and vibrant organization....

Abstract Der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland wurde bisher in weitaus weniger sichtbarem Maße von der Wirtschaftskrise getroffen als vielfach erwartet. Dies lag an der umfänglichen Nutzung interner numerischer Flexibilitätsinstrumente. Doch diese Strategie - die mit der demografischen Entwicklung...

Summary The paper provides empirical evidence for the question whether firms’ IT-enabled labour productivity is affected by the age structure of the workforce. We apply a production function approach with heterogenous labour to firm-level data from German manufacturing and services industries....

Abstract: Social media applications such as wikis, blogs or social networks are being increasingly applied in firms. These applications can be used for external communication and internal knowledge management. Firms can potentially increase their productivity by optimising customer relationship...

This study presents a model capturing sources of Iranian aggregate labour productivity using annual time series data from 1960 to 2002. Labour productivity in this model is determined by real net capital stock, information technology and telecommunications (ITT) and trade openness. Empirical...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the growth dynamics in a model where labor productivity is shaped by two forces. On one hand, it is determined by the extent in which available technology has been already explored. On the other hand, some labor skills may become obsolete,...