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• Challenges of Upgrading: The Dynamics of East Central Europe's Integration Into the European Automotive Production Networks**/Probleme Industrieller Aufwertung: Die Integration Mittelosteuropäischer Standorte in Produktionsnetzwerke Der Europäischen Automobilindustrie

Introduction After a period of postcommunist recession, East Central European (ECE) states quickly became a magnet for foreign direct investment (FDI)...

• Industrielle Beziehungen
• Band 17 Nr. 2, April 2010

• Enhanced Patent System in Europe

I. Introduction On December 4, 2009 the Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe. These conclusi...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Germany Law Articles in English

• Von Der Avantgarde Zu Den Verlierern Des Postkommunismus: Gewerkschaften Im Prozess Der Restrukturierung Der Stahlindustrie in Mittel- Und Osteuropa**/From Vanguard to Losers of Postcommunism: Unions and Restructuring of the Steel Industry in Central and Eastern Europe

1. Einleitung Obwohl der Zusammenbruch der realsozialistischen Planwirtschaft auf Proteste von Werft- und Stahlarbeitern der polnischen Gewerkschaftsb...

• Industrielle Beziehungen
• Band 17 Nr. 2, April 2010

• The Demographic and Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe - Management Implications*

Although the population in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) is still younger, on average, than in Western Europe, the CEEC also have to cope with challenges caused by the demographic shift towards an ageing, shrinking population. Some countries are ageing even faster than Western Europe. Apart from ageing, the CEEC also have to face problems caused by the economic transition. Based on neo-institutional organisation theory this paper looks at the management implications of these developments and points out strategies for Human Resources Management and Marketing in how to cope with upcoming challenges.

• Journal for East European Management Studies
• Band 15 Nr. 2, April 2010

• Cross-Border Acquisitions and Shareholder Wealth: Evidence From the Energy and Industry in Central and Eastern Europe*

We look at the wealth generated for shareholders of energy assets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by the announcement of cross-border mergers or acquisitions involving a bidder from a Western industrialized country between 1995 and 2005. The impact on both the performance improvements at the firm level as well as on an industry and economic level of foreign ownership of the energy assets in CEE are discussed. The main driver behind the positive effect is the industrial relatedness in acquiring CEE energy assets, while bidder experience and the relative size of the acquired stake do not impact the results significantly.

• Journal for East European Management Studies
• Band 15 Nr. 2, April 2010

• Biotechnology policy convergence in continental Europe? Political institutions, problem framing and learning.

Biotechnology policy has been an issue of German and European policy studies since the early 1990s. Starting with a book that complained about "unpoli...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 3 Nr. 4, Dezember 2006

• Economic Interests, Company Values and Local Institutions: Shaping Soft Work Practices in a Multinational's Subsidiaries in Western and Central Eastern Europe**/Wirtschaftliche Interessen, Unternehmenswerte Und Lokale Institutionen: 'Soft Work Practices' in Ost- Und Westeuropäischen Tochtergesellschaften Eines Multinationalen Unternehmens

Introduction Globalisation and intensified transnational competition have led to the introduction of a variety of new work practices and forms of empl...

• Industrielle Beziehungen
• Band 17 Nr. 2, April 2010

• Different forms of agency and institutional influences within multinational enterprises.

...2009). Similar to other Central Eastern European countries, collaboration within sectors is reduced...

• Management International Review
• Band 51 Nr. 5, September 2011

• Gm Europe

Zu General Motors (GM) gehören die Automarken: Opel (Deutschland), Vauxhall (Großbritannien) und Saab (Schweden). In Deutschland arbeite...

• Die Tageszeitung; Berlin
• 4. September 2009

• Illegitimate Wage Practices in Eastern Europe: The Case of 'Envelope Wages'

To evaluate the prevalence in Eastern Europe of a little discussed illegitimate wage practice in which employers pay their formal employees both a declared wage and an undeclared 'envelope wage', an extensive survey involving 10,671 face-to-face interviews in eleven post-socialist societies is here reported. The finding is that 10 per cent of all employees received envelope wages during the last 12 months amounting on average to two fifths of their gross annual wage. Revealing how although unevenly distributed, this wage practice is nonetheless ubiquitous throughout Eastern Europe, the paper concludes by briefly reviewing policy options for tackling this labour arrangement. Der Beitrag untersucht die wenig erforschte illegale Praxis in Osteuropa, wonach Arbeitgeber ihren Mitarbeitern so...

• Journal for East European Management Studies
• Band 13 Nr. 3, Juli 2008