In this paper, we analyse the influence of firm characteristics and the regional environment on employment growth of East German manufacturing firms between 1992 and 1996. Our results confirm the negative impact of firm size and age on employment growth found in various studies for several...

Analysis in terms of the two-sector open economy shows that in bringing the market economy to East Germany, West Germany seems to have disregarded important fundamentals. Premature formation of a currency union led to a substantial real appreciation of the East German currency. Premature...

Wovon handelt dieses Buch? Vordergründig von einer Managementtechnik, von Outsourcing oder genauer: von einer verschärften Form des Outsourcing, nämlich beginnend unter Transformationsbedingungen und in der mit erheblichem ‚organizational slack‘ behafteten ostdeutschen Bergbau- und...