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Corporate governance in transition: Ten empirical findings on shareholder value and industrial relations in Germany

Höpner, Martin - 2001

Within the context of debates over national varieties of capitalism, this paper discusses the shareholder value orientation of the 40 largest listed German companies. Three dimensions of shareholder value are distinguished: the communicative dimension, the operative dimension and the dimension...

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Die Zukunft der Erwerbsarbeit: Thesen und Perspektiven für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Schmid, Günther - 2001

Dieser Beitrag ruft zunächst die bekannten Entwicklungstrends der Beschäftigten in Erinnerung, verknüpft diese mit möglichen Erklärungsmustern und zieht daraus allgemeine strategische Schlussfolgerungen für die Beschäftigungspolitik. Die statistischen Rahmendaten werden ganz konventionell...

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Beschäftigung, Arbeitszeit und Übergangsarbeitsmärkte in vergleichender Perspektive

Anxo, Dominique; O'Reilly, Jacqueline - 2000

In diesem Artikel konzentrieren wir uns auf die vergleichende Perspektive bei der Anwendung des Konzepts der Übergangsarbeitsmärkte auf Arbeitszeitregime in verschiedenen Ländern. Eingangs untersuchen wir Tendenzen bei der Regulierung und Verteilung der Normalarbeitszeit in ausgewählten...

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Heterogeneity versus homogeneity? Transformation of wage relations of the French and the German public telephone operators: The case of directory inquiry services

Georges, Isabel - 1998

Dieser Artikel über den Einfluß der Privatisierung auf die Arbeitsbeziehungen in der französischen und in der deutschen … über die Auswirkungen der Transformation des sozio-ökonomischen Umfeldes auf die Arbeitsbeziehungen von Telefonisten … Arbeitsorganisation). Die Änderungen unterscheiden sich zwischen den beiden Ländern. Die Transformation der Arbeitsbeziehungen findet auf …

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Restructuring Australian industrial relations: the limits of a supply side approach

Phillimore, John - 1996

From 1983 to 1996, the Australian trade union movement led an integrated industrial relations reform agenda aimed at restructuring work organisation, the training system and union structures. These reforms are the basis for the claim that Australia hasdeliberately, successfully and permanently...

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The origins of bank-based and market-based financial systems: Germany, Japan, and the United States

Vitols, Sigurt - 2001

This paper examines the historical origins of the bank-based financial systems in Germany and Japan and the market-based financial system in the US. It critically examines the "timing of industrialization" (TOI) thesis, i.e. the assertion that variation in the current structure of financial...

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Institutional transfer: industrial relations in Eastern Germany

Hyman, Richard - 1996

Can industrial relations be successfully transferred between countries. Thispaper reviews experience in eastern Germany since unification in 1990. Theevidence is that the close integration in western Germany between the twoelements of the 'dual system' of interest representation - trade unions...

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The political economy of EMU: rethinking the effects of monetary integration on Europe

Soskice, David - 1999

How will EMU influence the European political economy? This paper argues that most of the likely alternatives are unsustainable for at least some of the EMU member-states. As a result, the Stability Pact imposed by the Kohl government and the Bundesbank is likely to be rejected by other...

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Flexicurity in Belgium: A Proposal Based on Economic Principles

Cockx, Bart; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2009

The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an economic environment in which relationships between workers and firms were typically long-lasting and stable. The increasing globalisation of the economy and the rapid technological and organisational...

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Labour Market and Labour Market Policies During the Great Recession: The Case of Estonia

Eamets, Raul - 2013

The purpose of the paper is to analyse how labour market and labour market institutions reacted during recent crises. In early 1990s Estonia introduced a set of rather unique policy options like currency board as a ground for monetary policy, low taxes, open foreign trade policy, low public...

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