With the unchanging high failure rate of M&As, recent research is putting an increasing emphasis on Cultural Due Diligence (CDD) and socio-cultural Post-Merger Integration (PMI) Management. Nevertheless, the state of the art on CDD is still rare, leading to the fact that its actual value for a...

Etwa zehn Prozent der sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten in Deutschland arbeiten in Tochterunternehmen ausländischer Konzerne. Anhand von 21 systematisch ausgewählten Fallstudien erarbeitet diese Studie ein differenziertes Bild der Mitbestimmungskultur in diesen Unternehmen. Das...

In June the EU Council of Ministers (excluding the UK) took up a common position concerning European Works Councils. The establishment of such Councils would grant certain information and consultation rights to the workers of multinational companies. The following paper looks at the importance...