Theoretische Überlegungen und bisherige empirische Untersuchungen sprechen dafür, daß Betriebsräte einen die Personalfluktuation reduzierenden Einfluß ausüben. Dieses Ergebnis wird unter Verwendung des NIFA-Panels für den Fertigungsbereich deutscher Maschinenbaubetriebe bestätigt....

This paper aims to examine the relative efficiency of German engineering firms using a sample of roughly 23,000 observations between 1995 and 2004. As these firms had been successful in the examination period in terms of output- and export-growth, it is expected that a majority of firms is...

We focus on the relationship of age and diversification patterns of German machine tool manufacturers in the post war era. Based on trade journals we track the entire firm populations' product portfolio development throughout each firm's lifetime. We distinguish between minor diversification and...

Against a background of rising costs and increasing competition, it is becoming more and more difficult for the small and medium-sized firms of the German mechanical engineering industry to be economically successful. The thesis that rapidly changing markets, products and production processes...