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Employment and Investment of the West German Industry 1968-1998. A Descriptive Analysis / Beschäftigung und Investitionen in der westdeutschen Industrie 1968-1998. Eine deskriptive...
Kirchesch, Kai - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 473-490
Summary Small and medium-sized enterprises are considered to be the principal generator of new jobs in the industrialised countries at least since the Birch (1979) study. According to this image, they are also stabilising the economy during the business cycles because of the lower volatility of...
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An Empirical Investigation of German Firms’ Financial Structure and Ensuing Risks / Finanzierungsstruktur und Risiken im Unternehmenssektor der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine emp...
Größl, Ingrid; Stahlecker, Peter; Wohlers, Eckhardt - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 491-529
Summary This paper focuses on the question whether West German firms have experienced an increase in their financial risk position with due implications for the macroeconomy. The investigation is based on a special evaluation of the balance sheet statistics by the Deutsche Bundesbank broken down...
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Is There a Size Gap in Corporate Leverage?. A European Comparison / Gibt es eine Kluft im Leverage europäischer Unternehmen?. Ein europäischer Vergleich
Coeurderoy, Régis - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 672-688
Summary The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate corporate debt ratios by size classes in Continental Europe. Evidence is given on a sample of firms in manufacturing industry for ten European countries, all of them being in Euroland apart from Denmark (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,...
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Motive für CSR bei klein- und mittelständischen Reiseveranstaltern in Deutschland
Harms, Geeske; Neumann, Michael; Clemens, Olav - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 11 (2019) 3, pp. 429-436
Zusammenfassung Die CSR-Forschung hat unterschiedliche Arten von Motiven für die Übernahme sozialer Verantwortung in den Unternehmen herausgearbeitet. Allerdings wurde dabei bisher kaum Aufmerksamkeit auf das CSR in klein- und mittelständischen touristischen Unternehmen gelegt. Der...
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Regulation, competition, and economic growth
Friske, Wesley; Zachary, Miles A. - In: Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship 19 (2017) 1, pp. 26-41
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of government regulation on economic value creation through the lens of Resource-Advantage Theory. This study intends to shed more light on how industry-government relationships affect the entrepreneurial activities that drive economic...
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The role of offshore financial centres in elite money laundering practices: evidence from Nigeria
Julius Otusanya, Olatunde; Lauwo, Sarah - In: Journal of Money Laundering Control 15 (2012) 3, pp. 336-361
political elite. The paper uses publicly available evidence to illuminate the role played by offshore financial centres in … facilitating elite money laundering practices. Findings – The evidence shows that, in pursuit of organisational and personal … economic elite from developing countries. The paper concludes that the establishment of money laundering laws and the creation …
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Elite interviewing and the role of sector context: an organizational case from the football industry
Moore, Neil; Stokes, Peter - In: Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 15 (2012) 4, pp. 438-464
Purpose – Elite individuals and groups constitute a distinctive, upper echelon and social grouping. In various shapes … literature on elite interviewing both generally and more specifically against a backdrop of an organization and management … disciplinary setting. Importantly the paper examines and surfaces the role of context in relation to elite interviewing. In order …
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Leiharbeit und Befristung im Kontext mittelständischer Arbeits- und Führungskräftepolitik
Martens, Bernd; Bluhm, Katharina; Trappmann, Vera; … - In: Arbeit 18 (2009) 2, pp. 137-150
Abstract Auf der Basis eines Datensatzes über mittelständische Unternehmen in Deutschland werden Zusammenhänge zwischen flexibilisierten Arbeitsvertragsgestaltungen und Betriebsmerkmalen untersucht. Zudem werden Befristung und Leiharbeit im Lichte der Kombination von Arbeits- und...
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„Gesund durch Veränderungsprozesse?!“ Belastung und Erschöpfung von Führungskräften in Change-Management- Prozessen / “The demanding nature of selling change” – On vital exhaustion...
Kriegesmann, Bernd; Kley, Thomas - In: Arbeit 23 (2014) 2, pp. 105-118
article examines factors for an increased feeling of stress and exhaustion of‘ change managers", using a sample of 133 …
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Unit manager perspectives of a trauma-specific programme across Scotland’s secure estate
Barron, Ian; Mitchell, David - In: Journal of Children's Services 12 (2017) 4, pp. 271-287
qualitative case study was utilised involving semi-structured interviews with five senior unit managers in three secure units to … Unit managers perceived gains in trauma-informed knowledge for themselves, and knowledge and skills gains for programme … managers. Manager perceptions need directly compared with staff and adolescent perceptions and included in randomised control …
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