After satisfactory performance of the transition countries in 2000, their growth slowed down in 2001 as the external conditions deteriorated. This tendency was checked in the second half of 2002. Industrial production and exports have generally strengthened since then - though in some countries...

This paper focuses on knowledge-based entrepreneurship, or new firm creation in industries which are considered to be science-based or to use research and development intensively, in the East Central European (ECE) context. On the basis of case studies of thirteen knowledge-based firms in six...

This paper is an overview of the achievements in the area of employee financial participation (EFP) during the last fifty years. It addresses the question of the extent to which EFP is relevant in today's world. EFP is distinguished from participation in management (industrial democracy), and...

Finanzielle Mitarbeiterbeteiligung ist in Deutschland nach wie vor wenig verbreitet. Während es im angelsächsischen Raum und in einigen europäischen Ländern bereits seit Jahren zum gängigen Instrumentarium des Personalmanagements gehört, wurde die finanzielle Beteiligung von Beschäftigten...