Die Institution Betriebsrat zeichnet sich angesichts des starken ökonomischen und technisch-organisatorischen Wandels in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten durch eine relativ hohe Kontinuität aus. Die Betriebsratsforschung hat in dieser Zeit einen Aufschwung erfahren. Neue Fragestellungen wurden...

This paper explores the evolution of the average wage of employees over the life-cycle of a manufacturing plant. The average wage starts out low for a new plant and increases along with labor productivity as the plant ages. As a plant approaches exit, its average wage falls, but more slowly than...

The contribution discusses the impact of digitalization approaches in industrial companies and their implications for the global division of labour and work. It proceeds by investigating the scope and character of automation and its impact on the relationship between production locations in high...

Frauen verdienen in Deutschland durchschnittlich immer noch weniger als Männer. Dies gilt auch und sogar verstärkt für Führungskräfte: Für den Zeitraum von 2010 bis 2016 ergibt sich für Vollzeitbeschäftigte in Führungspositionen ein durchschnittlicher Gender Pay Gap im...

Women still earn less than men on average in Germany. This applies to management positions even more: between 2010 and 2016, there was an average gender pay gap of 30 percent in gross hourly earnings. If gender-specific differences in relevant wage determinants are excluded, a pay gap of 11...

This paper examines executive compensation in the subsidiaries of business groups in China. Analyzing a sample of China business groups (the so-called 'XiZu JiTuan' in Chinese) from 2003 to 2012, we find convincing evidence of the use of Relative Performance Evaluation (RPE) in the executive...

Changes in regulation and government policy have stimulated growth of 'green innovation' with sustainability emerging as a key concept. A review of the literature revealed gaps in research in this area of innovation management. The aim of this paper is to test the relationship between SDO...

Early studies often found that offering economic incentives for undertaking prosocial and intrinsically motivated activities can crowd out motivation to perform these activities. More recent work highlights nuanced and important features related to whether crowding out (or substitution) is...

The proliferation of private quality and assurance schemes in international trade is defining market access in high value chains. The prime concern for small-scale producers is whether price premiums are realizable due to compliance. Using French beans marketing, the authors find that GlobalGAP...

This paper examines the extent to which agglomeration of the hospital service industry enhances the productivity of producing health care. Specifically, we use a large set of private insurance claims from the FAIR Health database to show that an increasing spatial concentration of hospital...