Despite the burden of an enormous defense budget, the absorption of immigrants, its tiny size and the scarcity of natural resources, Israel’s economy, albeit with considerable financial aid from abroad, was able to achieve impressive growth rates. This was to a great degree accomplished by...

Despite the burden of an enormous defense budget, the absorption of immigrants, its tiny size and the scarcity of natural resources, Israel’s economy, albeit with considerable financial aid from abroad, was able to achieve impressive growth rates. This was to a great degree accomplished by...

In the debate on globalization it is often argued that multinational corporations (MNCs) have gained increasing power due to their growth and due to new global or transnational structures and strategies.(...)

In diesem Beitrag wird der Zusammenhang zwischen Organisationsreformenund der Feminisierung einer spezifischen Managementposition aus einerLangzeitperspektive analysiert. Den Ausgangspunkt bildet eine Kritik an derzeitdominierenden Erklärungsansätzen zum Organisationswandel. Sowohl...

The paper combines approaches of macro-economic regulation and interactionalanalysis in order to study the impact of privatisation on wage relationsof the French and the German public telephone operator in the field of directoryinquiry services. This multi-level (individual, local and...

Deregulation of financial systems, internationalisation of financial markets andglobalisation of product markets have led to considerable changes in theinstitutional and economic environment of banks and small and medium sizedenterprises (SMEs)...

In this paper we examine debates concerned with national models of industrialorganisation. One school of thought has argued that distinct national models, orbusiness systems are a prevelent and enduring paradigm. Critiques of such anapproach argue that common global competitive pressures will...