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leaders in Berlin and Paris are drawing on a long tradition of joint Franco-German leadership of the EU. For both countries …
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The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women there are in such positions. Men have numerous role models to follow whereas women lack this opportunity: In the executive boards of the top 200 private companies in Germany, only...
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We develop a simple model of competition for the market that shows that, contrary to the Arrow view, endogenous entry threat in a market induces the average firm to invest less in R&D and the incumbent leader to invest more. We test these predictions with a Tobit model based on a unique dataset...
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We examine determinants of the composition of public expenditure in the German Laender (states) over the period 1993-2008, as the Laender exhibit a high degree of institutional and political homogeneity and are endowed with extensive fiscal competences. Our prime contribution is an investigation...
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This paper investigates whether the socioeconomic status of the head of government helps explain fiscal performance. Applying sociological research that attributes differences in people's ways of thinking and acting to their relative standing within society, we test whether the social status of...
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maintain or even enhance the employees working ability studies identified the quality of leadership. The following thesis … brings the concept of age-related leadership into focus, which deals with the individual, age-related needs of the employees …'. It examines the relationship between leaders age-related leadership behaviors and followers' perception of quality of …
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