Better managers and managerial practices lead to better firm performance. Yet, little is known about what happens when managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge the manager has acquired and successfully diffused...

Knowledge is key to the competitiveness and success of an organization and in particular of a firm. Firms and their managers acquire knowledge via a variety of different channels which are often difficult to track down and quantify. By matching employer–employee data with trade data at the...

Ziel der Studie ist es, den Wissensstand zum Typus der vollzeitigen horizontalen Mobilität zwischen Universitätsprofessuren und Führungspositionen in der Wirtschaft zu erweitern und ergänzend auch einen Blick auf temporäre und teilzeitliche Mobilität sowie auf berufliche Kooperation...