This article presents the beginnings of corporate social responsibility. In my opinion Andrew Carnegie is among the first ones who presented the difference between philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. From Andrew Carnegie and up to the present this concept went under different...

Interorganizational cost management (IOCM) is a widespread approach to reduce costs throughout different organizations in the supply chain. Numerous case studies showed that a culture of partnership is required to secure a successful use of IOCM. Based on a large scale empirical study using...

The following paper analyzes the results of empirical controlling research in German-speaking countries from 1990 to 2007 with focus on how far the characteristics of the planning system have an impact on business success. We identify fifteen empirical studies on this subject from which we...

Das Interesse am Gesundheitswesen hat in den vergangenen Jahren erheblich zugenommen. Politik und Gesellschaft müssen sich einer Auseinandersetzung mit den Strukturen des Gesundheitswesens, insbesondere mit den Aufgaben und deren Vergütung, die von den verschiedenen Leistungsanbietern erbracht...