Works councils are an inherent part of the German economic and social system. An analysis of the prevalence of works councils in Germany reveals that they are not uniformly distributed across all types of businesses. Works councils occur less frequently in owner-managed businesses - regardless...

Our explorative study analyses the factors that affect the likelihood of German companies to be a hidden champion. Based on an econometric estimation model with quantitative data from 60 hidden champions and 346 non-hidden champions, we could confirm prior research findings that specific...

Die vorliegende Untersuchung stellt in ihrer Art die erste Bestandsaufnahme und Analyse von multinationalen (europäischen) und nationalen KMU-Konjunkturumfragen (Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Italien, Japan, USA) dar. Im Fokus der Untersuchung stehen insgesamt 53 qualitative...

Unter Bezugnahme auf die Lissabon-Strategie und die Europäische Charta für Kleinunternehmen hat der Europäische Rat den EU-Mitgliedstaaten im März 2006 verschiedene Zielvorgaben zur Beschleunigung und Vereinfachung der administrativen Gründungsverfahren gemacht. So soll der administrativ...

Works councils are an inherent part of the German economic and social system. An analysis of the prevalence of works councils in Germany reveals that they are not uniformly distributed across all types of businesses. Works councils occur less frequently in owner-managed businesses - regardless...

Our explorative study analyses the factors that affect the likelihood of German companies to be a hidden champion. Based on an econometric estimation model with quantitative data from 60 hidden champions and 346 non-hidden champions, we could confirm prior research findings that specific...