"This article summarizes recent studies concerning the effects of organizational change on fundamental economic variables. The framework applied to take account of possible selectivity effects is explained in detail. This methodology is applied to the effects of profits sharing and the legal...

"This article summarizes recent studies concerning the effects of organizational change on fundamental economic variables. The framework applied to take account of possible selectivity effects is explained in detail. This methodology is applied to the effects of profits sharing and the legal...

"This paper deals with economic motives for and personnel-management consequences of reducing the number of hierarchical levels from the point of view of fairness aspects. A transition to flat hierarchies can, under certain circumstances, have serious consequences for employees who are directly...

"The first main part of the article summarises empirical findings on the relevant dimensions of the reorganisation of work processes and company organisations. The 'new management concepts' are introduced as well as their objectives with regard to the rearrangement of organisation issues and the...

"Since the 1980s drastic staff reductions have been observed in many German firms which are lasting until today and have rather gained in intensity. Previous theoretical and empirical studies put this down in particular to unfavourable demand conditions on the goods market, wages that are too...

"The correlations between investments, reorganization and further training existing at company level are examined in this paper. A production theory approach in conjunction with an optimisation calculation of the companies shows that the variables focused on here are mutually dependent on one...

"This paper deals with the distribution of individual and combined organizational measures in German firms in the period 1999-2001. Based on the data of the IAB establishment panel of 2001, representative findings concerning firms of all industries and establishment sizes are presented. The...

Die Neuorientierung in Richtung auf ökologische Nachhaltigkeit stellt die Unternehmen vor große Herausforderungen. Verlangt wird von den Unternehmen, ihr ökonomisches Streben nach Gewinnmaximierung mit ökologischen Zielen zu vereinbaren, was dauerhaft nur gelingt, wenn sie ihre...

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

Das ifo Institut untersuchte im Auftrag der Stadtverwaltung Radebeul die Situation des Einzelhandels in dieser Stadt. Im folgenden wird auf einige Erkenntnisse dieser Untersuchung zurückgegriffen. Nach Einführung der Wirtschafts-, Währungs- und Sozialunion setzte im Einzelhandel...