Empirical studies show that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are very important for society. The compensation of executive directors is crucial in the debate on effective, efficient and sustainable public service provision. Nevertheless, there are very few empirical studies in the international...

Innovationen hervorzubringen, ist für Organisationen nicht nur von großer Bedeutung, sondern auch mit erheblichen Schwierigkeiten verbunden. Insbesondere Großunternehmen, d. h. auch Konzernen, wird oft vorgeworfen, innovationsfeindlich bzw. -unfähig zu sein. Michèle Morner zeigt Potentiale...

Strategien für Mehrwert im Konzern: Einleitung -- Von der Organisations- zur Ressourcenperspektive: Auf dem Weg zur Mehrwertschaffung -- Dimensionen und Strategien der Mehrwertschaffung -- Mehrwertschaffung durch Kollektivressourcen: Corporate Commons -- Organisatorische Steuerung in Konzernen...

In economic literature comparisons between the American and German Council of Economic Advisors lead to the result that the American Council works quite well, whereas the German Council is broadly criticised. Taking a closer look these conclusions are disputable. Therefore, in this contribution...

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have become popular worldwide as a way of improving health care service delivery. In order to enhance our knowledge of PPPs in the health care sector, we conduct a systematic review of forty-six articles published in peer-reviewed journals for the period of...

Neue Erkenntnisse der Verhaltens- und Neurooekonomie stellen das Menschenbild des Homo oeconomicus zunehmend in Frage und ruecken einen kooperativen Akteur ins Zentrum der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Diskussion sowie der unternehmerischen Praxis. Auf Grundlage von Elinor Ostroms Forschung zu...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the strategic and organizational difficulties of multidivisional corporations with solution business (product service bundles). Most large multidivisional corporations are organized in a way that supports independence and market orientation of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how performance measurement systems (PMSs) might be designed in order to empower managers of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) towards an active work role. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a conceptual approach that...

Purpose This paper aims to identify distinct motivation profiles among non-executive directors and explores the reasons why non-executive directors continue to serve on boards of directors. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on a multiple case study in the context of German...