We conduct an artefactual field experiment to compare the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of three pools of subjects: Undergraduate students, temporary workers and permanent workers. We find that students are more selfish and contribute less than workers. Temporary and...

We approached the issue of blockholding effectiveness and behaviour by studying some exemplary organisational transformations in the Republic of Srpska. We found two distinct clusters of blockholdings. The first cluster is workerentrenched blockholdings, where most workers are unionised. The...

Purpose - This study aims to identify informal institutions for bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) business models in the agricultural sector through the case study of banana growers' cooperatives. Design/methodology/approach - A case study of six banana cooperatives from Colombia was conducted. The...

Die US-amerikanische Philosophin Elizabeth Anderson behauptet, dass Unternehmen Diktaturen sind: Die Kapitaleigner herrschten über die Beschäftigten. Kritik an solchen Verhältnissen gäbe es kaum. Das läge daran, dass eine in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften dominierende neoliberale Theorie der...

We set up a model with on-the-job search in which firms infrequently post vacancies for which workers occasionally apply. The model nests the standard job ladder and stock-flow models as special cases, while remaining analytically tractable and easy to estimate from standard panel data sets. The...