This paper is an attempt to provide evidence on two questions: Why do companies sponsor art events, and where exactly does the money go? We analyse data collected on the revenue structure of cultural institutions in Berlin and Hamburg. This data set not only tells us where the money goes, it...

Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Einbettung des Unternehmens über Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in das Wirtschaftssystem. CSR wird dabei als freiwilliges Engagement der Unternehmen verstanden, das dazu beiträgt, etwaige Lücken zwischen gesellschaftlichen Vorstellungen und...

This paper is an attempt to provide evidence on two questions: Why do companies sponsor art events, and where exactly does the money go? We analyse data collected on the revenue structure of cultural institutions in Berlin and Hamburg. This data set not only tells us where the money goes, it...

Persistent differences in the level of business ownership across economically developed nations have attracted the attentiion of scientific as well as political debate. Cultural rather than economic influences are assumed to play a decisive role. This paper deals with the influence of cutlural...

Introduction: The matrix structure is sometimes presented as an inevitable "end point" for organizations that must adapt to an increasingly complex business environment. However, observations of the structure of firms do not always confirm this view. Case description :The paper describes the...

Evidence from around the globe shows that family firms are enduring, resilient forms of profit-seeking and not an archaic, transient form that will inevitably disappear. Social science research has tended to characterize the family values of these firms as producing "efficiency distortions" that...

The vast majority of the pay inequality in an organization comes from differences in pay between employees and their bosses. But are employees aware of these pay disparities? Are employees demotivated by this inequality? To address these questions, we conducted a field experiment with a sample...