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Surveys among entrepreneurs and managing directors of companies with 50 to 1,000 employees are used to describe features of managerial elites in East Germany. The paper looks at four dimensions: (1) the reproduction of economic elites during the transformation period and its current consequences; (2) the development of "family capitalism " and processes of social closure; (3) qualification patterns of management; and (4) different attitudes of East and West German elites. Managers who were socialised in state socialist combines are still a large proportion of East German economic elites. Owing to their age distribution, changes in top management will be probable, and their effects on enterprises and social relations are discussed in the paper.
... East Germans are 107 employees and 16.5 millions euro. The corresponding medians of turnovers and n...
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... size was 571 employees, sales 281 million [euro], age 48 years and R&D budget around 8 million [eu... transfer expressed in the log of millions of USD (constant 2005 terms), using data obtained ...
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Sept cents millions de chinois / Et moi, et moi, et moi" - "700 Millio.... Wir waren Panzergrenadiere im Europa-Manöver, La Courtine im Massif Central l966. Die ...
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One important success factor of foreign firms in Russia is the establishment of efficient networks with non-market stakeholders. Stakeholder networks may help foreign firms to obtain relevant information, accelerate administrative decision-making and reduce political risks. The objective of this study is to analyze the stakeholder networks between German investors in Russia and their socio-political interest groups. The study is based on in-depth interviews with the representatives of 3 German firms and 16 socio-political interest groups in autumn 2006. The results of a within-case and a cross-case analysis reveal that the development of stakeholder relations is important for the success of foreign companies in Russia. These may differ in size, intensity, density and centrality, dependi...
..., we want to invest here so and so much millions (..). We need the governors for the solution of ce...
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... classical study on "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America", and its theories about family struct... were busying to find shelter for the millions of Aussiedler(ethnic German migrants from througho...
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Introducing employee participation in a company can be expected to change the
power relations and the power processes within the organization. This is particularly true when the majority ownership of a company moves into the hand of its employees. Drawing on three case studies of East German companies this paper describes how the introduction of employee ownership interrelates with power relations and processes in the company. Moreover, some overarching patterns were derived from the analysis finally resulting in seven propositions about how employee ownership and power are linked to each other.
... local tax agency amounting to several millions DM and, thus, in immediate insolvency of the firm....25 employees paid a total of 70'000 euro and agreed to receive, with the sleeping partnersh...
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With the advancement of the eastern enlargement of the EU, some advocates of the European social model saw enlargement as the "Trojan horse" against Europeanization, for the Americanization of Europe. In response, the EU recommended the strengthening of social partnership among business, labor and the state in candidate countries. This paper reveals four major venues for change: (1) emphasis on a new philosophy of social dialogue as social governance; (2) broadening the scope of participants in social dialogue; (3) development of autonomous and multi-level social dialogue among the organizations of employees and employers; and (4) capacity building for participation of the social partners in EU-level social dialogue.
...Millions of EU citizens are benefiting from expanded parent...
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...In France, like in other Western European countries, the third sector has been on a steady i...In addition to this paid employment, millions of volunteers are working in the Third Sector. One...