today reveals not only a central state which plays an active role in managing social problems, but also new state actors at … the local level which are increasingly seeking to partner with various non-governmental organizations or social … associations. This book looks at how NGOs, social organizations, business associations, trade unions, and religious associations …

In Germany, trade unions and employers associations play a role not only in wage determination but also in social … affairs and labour law. While the majority of firms are organized in employers associations, less than one quarter of … employees are members of a trade union. Both social partners have severe problems in recruiting and keeping members. Union and …

Allocative Function of Wages in an Environment with Heterogenous Firms and/or Workers … and West. The question whether these erosions reflect efficient adjustments to chang- ing market forces or whether they …¨achentarifvertrag’] does not solve the adjustment problem between demand and sup- ply adequately. Conditions are too different – between plants …

between firms, and on the economic and social impact of effective or ineffective regional institutions. Its underlying … Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Finally, Wolfgang Streeck and Anke Hassel …) pattern, or whether exogenously induced change leads to new, but still nationally different (and in this sense “path dependent …

Tarifpolitik. Mittlerweile empfehlen führende IG-Metall-Funktionäre eine modifizierte Übernahme solcher Regelungen für den Rest der … Schlüsselunternehmen, seien es nun Banken, Pensionsfonds wie in den USA oder große "pa- rent companies" wie in Japan sowie last not least …

Korporatismus im deutschen Gesundheitssystem bis in die 1980er Jahre zurückreicht, scheint der Prozess der Europäisierung der …

Ministry for International Trade and Industry NAFTA Nord Atlantic Free Trade Association OECD Organization for Economic … Cooperation and Development RWI Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung SVR Sachverständigenrat TAURIS … des Internationalen Eigentumsrechts UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development WTO World Trade …

business of businessmen is business, not politics, and their political engagement is almost invariably a function of their ….a.: Redlich, Anf�nge). 2 W. Bernard Carlson, Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric …, 1870 - 1900; (Studies in Economic History and Policy: The United States in the Twentieth Century); Cambridge, New York …