Using a sample of 95 German firms, the study finds general support for the traditional fits of international strategy-structure theory. Employing an information-processing perspective, the study conceptually and empirically extends existing theory (1) to address strategy-structure fit for...

In vielen Großunternehmen stellt sich mit der Internationalisierung zunehmend das Problem festzulegen, in welchen Sprachen die unterschiedlichen Unternehmensbereiche miteinander kommunizieren sollen. Sollen mehrere Sprachen nebeneinander existieren - mit allen Nachteilen zeitraubender und...

Unternehmenskrisen sind ein Realphänomen von hoher Relevanz. Die erfolgreiche Bewältigung verdient die besondere Aufmerksamkeit der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Der vorliegende Artikel nutzt eine systematische Dokumentanalyse von Sanierungsplänen (sog. Insolvenzpläne) zur Identifikation...

Vom Lehrstuhl für Controlling des Instituts für Betriebswirtschaftslehre ist von August 2006 bis Januar 2007 eine schriftliche Befragung zur Ausgestaltung des Kostenmanagements in der Unternehmenspraxis durchgeführt worden. Ziel der Befragung war es u. a., angesichts eines vorherrschenden...

While available evidence suggests that the events of September 11th negatively influenced the relative earnings of employees with Arab background in the US, it is not clear that they had similar effects in other countries. Our study for Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the...

Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. However, evidence is emerging that late in life well-being declines considerably. Using long-term longitudinal data of deceased participants in national samples from Germany, the UK, and the US, we examine...

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...

This paper is the first to analyze intergenerational economic mobility based on sibling correlations in permanent earnings in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows: the importance of family and community background in...