Spätestens seit dem Einstieg des chinesischen Schiffskonzerns China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) im Hamburger Hafen wird die Rolle der Investitionskontrolle auch im Bereich maritimer Infrastrukturen öffentlich intensiv diskutiert. Als maritime Infrastrukturen werden gemeinhin...

Die Einführung der Unternehmensgruppe als eigene Einheit im statistischen Unternehmensregister ermöglicht es, Unternehmensgruppen präziser darzustellen. Um dabei die Qualität zu sichern, wurde die "Manuelle Unternehmensgruppenbearbeitung" eingeführt, die die Strukturen dieser Gruppen...

Spätestens seit dem Einstieg des chinesischen Schiffskonzerns China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) im Hamburger Hafen wird die Rolle der Investitionskontrolle auch im Bereich maritimer Infrastrukturen öffentlich intensiv diskutiert. Als maritime Infrastrukturen werden gemeinhin...

Die Einführung der Unternehmensgruppe als eigene Einheit im statistischen Unternehmensregister ermöglicht es, Unternehmensgruppen präziser darzustellen. Um dabei die Qualität zu sichern, wurde die "Manuelle Unternehmensgruppenbearbeitung" eingeführt, die die Strukturen dieser Gruppen...

Digitalisierungsprozesse verlaufen oft unvorhersehbar, sind komplex und widersprüchlich. Gerade die Widersprüche aber schaffen einen Raum für unterschiedliche Gestaltungsoptionen. Auf Basis einer Diskursanalyse und anhand von sieben Fallstudien in Unternehmen unterschiedlichster Branchen...

Matrix structures are allegedly adopted in order to combine dispersed expertise, yet we find that sometimes they are introduced in order to obtain greater control. This sort of control matrix is generally based on audit, it is often limited to a portion of the organization, and its pros and cons...

Punishment institutions for curtailing free-riding in social dilemmas rely on information about individuals’ behavior collected through monitoring. We contribute to the experimental study of cooperation-enhancing institutions by examining how cooperation and efficiency in a social dilemma...

We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how locus of control operates through people's preferences and beliefs to influence their decisions. Using the principal-agent setting of the delegation game, we test four key channels that conceptually link locus of control to decision-making: (i)...

Digitalisierungsprozesse verlaufen oft unvorhersehbar, sind komplex und widersprüchlich. Gerade die Widersprüche aber schaffen einen Raum für unterschiedliche Gestaltungsoptionen. Auf Basis einer Diskursanalyse und anhand von sieben Fallstudien in Unternehmen unterschiedlichster Branchen...

Companies typically control various aspects of their workers’ behaviors. In this paper, we investigate whether the hierarchical distance of the superior who imposes such control measures matters for the workers’ ensuing reaction. In particular, we test, in a laboratory experiment, whether...

Matrix structures are generally designed and adopted in order to improve flexibility in spite of potential conflicts and substantial coordination costs. However, there exist hints that in some cases matrix structures, or at least portions of matrix structures, are adopted precisely in order to...

Audits are a standard mechanism for reducing corruption in government investments. The quality of audits themselves, however, may be affected by relationships between auditor and target. We study whether provincial chief auditors in China show greater leniency in evaluating prefecture...

This doctoral thesis explores three distinct aspects of owner control in private firms. The three paper projects, which constitute the extant dissertation, shed light on the overarching topic of owner control in private firms by elaborating on (1) the formation of business dynasties, (2)...

Companies typically control various aspects of their workers' behaviors. In this paper, we investigate whether the hierarchical distance of the superior who imposes such control measures matters for the workers' ensuing reaction. In particular, we test, in a laboratory experiment, whether...

Training a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) to achieve a minimum level of MSE is akin to doing Non-Linear Regression (NLR). Therefore, we use available econometric theory and the corresponding tools in R. Only if certain assumptions about the error term in the Data Generating Process are in place,...

In this study, I theoretically analyze fake reviews on a platform market using models where a seller creates fake reviews through incentivized transactions, and its sales depend on its rating based on a review history. The platform can control the incentive for fake reviews by changing the...

In the rural areas of developing countries, teacher absence is a widespread problem. This paper tests whether a simple incentive program based on teacher presence can reduce teacher absence, and whether it has the potential to lead to more teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal...

Prison overcrowding is a perennial problem and several states are under court order to reduce crowding. The long-term solution to crowding has been more prisons. The short-term solution is early release. Early release programs can be effective when they balance the savings of reduced prison...

Training a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) to achieve a minimum level of MSE is akin to doing Non-Linear Regression (NLR). Therefore, we use available econometric theory and the corresponding tools in R. Only if certain assumptions about the error term in the Data Generating Process are in place,...

The aim of the present study is to shed some light on the factors affecting Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure (PACE) in the context of a transition economy such as Romania, in contrast to the existing literature which mostly focuses on developed economies. Specifically, we use survey...

We investigate the relationship between the slope of the wage-tenure profile and the level of monitoring across two cross sections of matched employer-employee British data. Our theoretical model predicts that increased monitoring leads to a decline in the slope of the wage-tenure profile. Our...

This paper examines the impact of partisan control of the media on news content and viewership by consumers with differing ideologies. We use data from Italy, where the main private television network is owned by Silvio Berlusconi, the leader of the center-right coalition, and the public...

A model of production funds acquisition, which includes two differential links of the zero order and two series-connected inertial links, is considered in a one-sector economy. Zero-order differential links correspond to the equations of the Ramsey model. These equations contain scalar bounded...