The paper examines the interdependence of historical legacies and current contextual factors as determinants of economic and political performance. It shows that behavioral patterns based on identical legacies could lead to very different (if not the opposite) results in regions with different...

After a short sketch of the history of modern business schools in the German speaking countries, their four major activity fields are considered: (i) academic teaching, (ii) scientific research, (iii) consulting and (iv) executive education. While teaching was traditionally dominant, research...

Die Rekonstruktion der institutionellen Entwicklung des DDR-Sozialversicherungssystems von 1945 bis 1990 und der Vergleich mit der seines bundesdeutschen Gegenparts zeigt ein überraschend divergentes und nicht intendiertes Entwicklungsmuster: Die ursprüngliche Absicht in der DDR, die...