Open source software production is a successful new production model in which a public good is voluntarily provided. We argue that by studying this new production model we gain valuable insightfor organization theory beyond software production.(...)

This paper discusses the problems of social dilemmas arising if intangible firmspecific pool resources have to be supplied. The problem is not treated adequately in the dominant theories of the firm, transaction cost economics and the knowledge-based theory.(...)

The theory of the firm is dominated by two approaches: transaction cost economics and the knowledge-based view. While these theories have extended our understanding about the existence of the firm, they have considerable weaknesses concerning the motivationalassumptions.(...)

In this paper the authors focus on aspects neglected in organizational economics. They seek to complement it by an approach, which makes motivation an endogenous variable to management. They introduce a dynamic relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation into the theory of the firm.<

This paper discusses the impact of the dynamics of motivation on new organizational forms that are suited to forge value-creating knowledge transfers in teams and between organizational units and functions.(...)

Der Artikel stellt eine gelungene Zusammenfassung moderner Controllingkonzeptionen dar und weiss im ersten Teil zu überzeugen, dass Kontrolle ein wichtiger Bestandteil von Controlling ist, sowohl praktisch als auch theoretisch.(...)

Corporate scandals, reflected in excessive management compensation and fraudulent accounts, cause considerable damage. Agency theory's insistence on linking the compensation of managers and directors as closely as possible to firm performance is a major reason for these scandals. They cannot be...

This paper discusses the impact of the dynamics of motivation on new organizational forms that are suited to forge value-creating knowledge transfers in teams and between organizational units and functions. Our aim is to develop the management of motivation as a source of distinctive firm...