The paper presents an economic explanation of country-specific higher education patterns among topmanagers based on a signaling approach. Starting from Ar-row's hypothesis that higher education functions as a filter for human capital, we discuss three alternative filter-designs, which can be...

Due to specific production conditions consultancies have advantages overfirms from other industries in assessing the quality of human capital. But only topmanagementconsulting firms will economize on these advantages by offering filtering services to the labor market .

The paper focuses on signaling options for managerial talent under different higher education regimes. The educational paths in a sample of top managers of the 100 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S., France and Germany are consistent with our theoretical conjectures. For the singular...

The paper presents an economic explanation of country-specific higher education patterns among topmanagers based on a signaling approach. Starting from Ar-row’s hypothesis that higher education functions as a filter for human capital, we discuss three alternative filter-designs, which can be...

Due to specific production conditions consultancies have advantages over firms from other industries in assessing the quality of human capital. But only top-management-consulting firms will economize on these advantages by offering filtering services to the labor market. We assume...

Internationally unparalleled fractions of doctoral degree holders among German top managers and superior career perspectives for German university graduates holding a doctoral degree suggest that the traditional German doctorate has not been primarily perceived as a specialized indicator for...

The paper focuses on signaling options for managerial talent under different higher education regimes. The educational paths in a sample of top managers of the 100 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S., France and Germany are consistent with our theoretical conjectures. For the singular...

Alarmiert durch die Ukraine-Krise und Russlands militärische Aktivitäten in der Ostsee-Region, führen Finnland und Schweden derzeit eine intensive Debatte über ihre nationale Sicherheit. In beiden Ländern wird angesichts einer sich wandelnden Bedrohungslage an der eigenen...

Die nordischen und die baltischen Staaten beklagen unisono eine deutlich verschlechterte Sicherheitssituation in Nordeuropa. Vor allem militärische Spannungen in der Ostsee-Region prägen eine Bedrohungswahrnehmung, die kollektiv auf Russland gerichtet ist. Der so entstehende Handlungsdruck...

In Nordeuropa schlägt das britische EU-Referendum hohe Wellen. Das Votum könnte bewirken, dass europakritische Parteien in den Ländern der Region an Einfluss gewinnen. Doch auf absehbare Zeit ist nicht zu erwarten, dass die EU-Staaten Dänemark, Finnland und Schweden selbst einen Austritt...