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...

The introduction to the Special Issue on economic elites in Central Eastern Europe establishes a common understanding of elite research and the development of capitalism in Central Eastern Europe as developed during the 1990s. Since then, the composition of elites has been lost sight of by...

Corporate social responsibility is a young phenomenon in Central Eastern Europe. While during socialism, companies had an integral social function, the managers in East Central Europe were very keen to get rid of the social very quickly following a pure Friedmanite approach towards business...