This article investigates the catalyst effect of industrial cluster formation on innovation propensity using as a basis small and medium enterprises (SMEs) located in two regions of transformation and structural change: Brandenburg in Eastern Germany (the former German Democratic Republic) and Lubuskie in Poland. Based upon Porter's (1990a) Diamond of Competitive Advantage of Regions, which is empirically applied in an explorative manner, this article aims to develop a better understanding of the necessity for interaction between enterprises and policy makers and looks at the rationale of establishing industrial and service clusters as the motor for sustained regional development.
During the last fifteen years NPM reforms affected Germany's federal and state polices facilitated by socio-economic forces and upcoming international new public management ideas in particular. Systematising the NPM-process we distinct a pioneer phase (1995-1999), a modification phase (1999-2002), and an integration phase (2002-2005). NPM reforms did not constitute a holistic model for police administration and could there-fore not completely replace the traditional bureaucratic model. In contrast there have been considerable adoptions of "NPM-tool-kit" in a pragmatic way. NPM-concepts become only partially institutionalized leading to a hybrid type of traditional administrative organisational structure and culture with sedimentations of certain NPM elements.
...For example Brandenburg, one of Germany's new federal states, made an atte...
European beer markets are characterized by major changes that are forcing breweries to redesign their competitive strategies. In this paper, we analyze the changes in the German and Croatian brewing industries by referring to Porter's five forces model and generic strategies framework. The analysis reveals growing competitive pressures in both markets and a wide spectrum of competitive strategies. Whereas in Germany cost leaders have gained market shares, the Croatian market is strongly influenced by the differentiation strategies of multinational brewing groups and medium-prized local brands. A comparison of the market characteristics and firm strategies in Germany and Croatia and some theoretical and managerial implications close the paper.
... is situated in the German state of Brandenburg close to the border between Germany and Poland. Th...
... on the regional level in Berlin and Brandenburg. Die Linke, which was until recently lead by the f...
... Court of Appeals Berlin-Brandenburg dated November 5, 2010 (docket no. 1 S 141.10). ...
... (oxyfuel technique) operated in Brandenburg, it remains still unclear whether utility companie...
The September 2005 general election forced Germany's two largest political parties, CDU/CSU and SPD, to form the second grand coalition government in the country's post-war history. The election result was widely regarded as an expression of the view amongst the electorate that neither of the two main political camps could offer adequate solutions to the urgent political, social and economic challenges which the larger Germany has been facing since reunification in 1990. This article argues that the failure of the grand coalition to implement substantial changes of the policy and institutional status quo reveals the intrinsic structural weaknesses of Germany's "semisovereign" political system, which favors continuity over change. The democratic process in the unified Germany continues t...
... on the regional level in Berlin and Brandenburg. Die Linke, which was until recently lead by the f...
The co-manager type is receiving increasing attention in the discussion about works councils. This article looks at whether different types of works councils organize their work and use the resources at their disposal in different ways. The empirical basis is a written survey of all works councils in public transport companies in Germany. It shows that the internal work organization of co-manager councils is much more professionalized compared with the conventional, engaged and ambitious works councils. At the same time, it distinguishes itself by involving the workforce more intensively, thus acquiring additional human resources.
...1999) bzw. in Thüringen und Berlin/Brandenburg (Artus et al. 2001) arbeiteten. Mit dem Konzept de...
..., the Regional Labour Court of Berlin-Brandenburg (docket no. 24 TaBV 1285/12) established on 9 Janu...
..., the Regional Labour Court of Berlin-Brandenburg (docket no. 24 TaBV 1285/12) established on 9 Janu...
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