Der Begriff Jobsharing bezeichnet Arbeitsmodelle, in denen sich zwei in Teilzeit arbeitende Personen im Tandem einen Arbeitsplatz teilen. Der Fokus der hier vorliegenden Studie liegt dabei auf Positionen mit Führungsverantwortung bzw. mit anspruchsvollen Expertenaufgaben. Untersucht werden die...

The proportion of women on executive boards of the 100 largest banks stagnated at almost nine percent in 2018. In the 60 largest insurance companies, the proportion increased by a good percentage point to almost ten percent. While growth on executive boards has been weakening in past years, it...

The gender quota for supervisory boards is continuing to show its impact: the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 highest-performing companies in Germany increased by over two percentage points to 27 percent the past year. In the 100 largest companies, it increased by over...

This paper examines how managers at the top of a public institution, central bank executives, allocate their working time. Using detailed information from personal diaries of the six members of the European Central Bank's Executive Board over a period of two years, we codify and analyze more...

During the early 1990s Germany offered temporary protection to over 600,000 Yugoslavian refugees fleeing war. By 2000, many had been repatriated. We exploit this natural experiment to investigate the role of migrants in post-conflict reconstruction in the former Yugoslavia, using exports as...

The global increase in the regulation of banks has encouraged the channeling of investment funds into less regulated institutions such as shadow banks to avoid restriction. Shadow banks are institutions that operate outside the regulatory framework of the traditional banking system and because...

Purpose: This article presents a maturity model for the evaluation of the information-driven decision-making process (DMP) in small and medium enterprises. This model is called "Simplified Holistic Approach to DMP Evaluation (SHADE)". The SHADE model is based in the "Circumplex Hierarchical...

Der Begriff Jobsharing bezeichnet Arbeitsmodelle, in denen sich zwei in Teilzeit arbeitende Personen im Tandem einen Arbeitsplatz teilen. Der Fokus der hier vorliegenden Studie liegt dabei auf Positionen mit Führungsverantwortung bzw. mit anspruchsvollen Expertenaufgaben. Untersucht werden die...

The paper provides a review of the literature that connects Big Data, Computational Science, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Management, and Psychology, and discusses research issues that are related to the various disciplines. Academics could develop theoretical models and subsequent econometric...

Purpose: Provide empirical validation of the model developed by García Moreno et al. (2016) on the factors influencing the adoption of e-business in firms. Design/methodology/approach: Consideration is given to the method for measuring each one of the variables included in the model. Use has...

In the last two decades, the economy has moved from industrial to knowledgebased, with the result that basic economic resources no longer consist of natural resources, capital and labor, but knowledge. In a knowledge based economy, what creates a competitive advantage and value is the resources...

We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both pro- duction efficiency and product quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management prac- tices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find broad support for the model's predictions. First,...

The estimation of future sea level rise (SLR) is a major concern for cities near coastlines and river systems. Despite this, current modelling underestimates the future risks of SLR to property. Direct risks posed to property include inundation, loss of physical property and associated economic...

How does "what managers know" affect firm performance on international markets? This question is of considerable importance in the international economic literature. Answering it will be key for comprehending the way firms’ varying performance on international markets is shaped by the human...

Over the past year, the proportion of women serving on the executive and supervisory boards of the top 100 largest banks in Germany rose slightly to almost nine and 23 percent, respectively. However, growth has come to a halt in the 60 largest insurance companies: on both executive and...

The gender quota for supervisory boards in Germany is effective: by the end of 2017, the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of a good 100 companies that are subject to the quota had risen to 30 percent-three percentage points more than in the previous year. Almost two-thirds of the...

The article presents the principled model for managing the selection of wind power generation technologies enabling business organizations to transform rationally their fossil fuel-based business models towards greater renewable energy reliance. The model is aimed at complex improvement of...

The study analysed the factors that affect the internal governance quality of corporations in Ethiopia. It performed an ordered logistic regression analysis on a randomly selected sample of 76 corporations to analyse the effect of the ownership structure, form of ownership (private or...

Management accounting is increasingly becoming a critical decision making process in organizations across the world. Value in any organization has to do with the ability to generate profits and solve societal issues within the environment which the organization exists. This publication not only...

The purpose of the article is to analyze the relevance of the audit in minimizing the risk of fraud. The methodology of the research: literature analysis, internal audit research and questionnaires for the selected group of companies were carried out for the purpose of the article. The result:...

During the early 1990s Germany received over half a million Yugoslavian refugees fleeing war. By 2000, many of these refugees, who were under temporary protection, had been repatriated. We exploit this historical episode to provide causal evidence on the role that migrants play explaining export...

Although the sustainable development (SD) is associated with the triple balance of economic, social and environmental areas, we raised a question: whether it is an achievable goal for ordinary business units to develop sustainably. The theoretical research substantiates the contradictory essence...

Dieses Open-Access-Fachbuch setzt sich empirisch und theoretisch mit Teilaspekten der digitalen Transformation und deren Konsequenzen für die Unternehmensführung auseinander. Die mit der Digitalisierung verbundenen neuen Technologien, Geschäftsmodelle sowie Denk- und Handlungsweisen...

A startup-vállalkozások jelentős része elhal, az életben maradók többsége pedig nem képes dinamikus növekedésre. A tanulmány összegzi az empirikus kutatásokkal alátámasztott nemzetközi szakirodalomban fellelhető, a startup-vállalkozások túlélését és növekedését...

A cikk bevezetőjében a szerzők utalnak rá, hogy a tanácsadás, ez a tudásalapú tevékenység, közel száz éves múltra tekinthet vissza. Először áttekintik a tanácsadással kapcsolatos alapfogalmakat, majd nagy vonalakban bemutatják az üzleti jellegű tanácsadás kialakulásának...

Az ISO 31000: 2018 szabvány szerint a kockázatmenedzsment elsődleges célja a döntéshozók munkájának támogatása. A kockázatmenedzsment tevékenység tehát akkor lehet hatékony, ha mind a rövid távú, mind a hosszú távú stratégiai döntéseket képes támogatni. Ez különösen...

A családi vállalkozási identitás fogalma, mint a családi és a céges identitás integrációja olyan elméleti eszközt kínál, amellyel jobban megérthetjük, hogy a családi jelenlét milyen hatást gyakorol a cég életére. Elméleti és gyakorlati jelentősége ellenére a családi...

Az alábbi kvalitatív kutatásra épülő cikk egy jelenség megértését célozza meg: miért választják felső vezetők az intenzív (heti minimum 7 óra) és/vagy versenyszerű sportolást egyre gyakrabban (a versenyszerű sportolás nem az élsportra, illetve profi sportolásra utal,...

Production management teams often face unfamiliar situations where each team member must understand new phenomena individually before the team can make mutually understandable and acceptable decisions. Contradicting subjective judgments can distort the group’s decision-making process because...

Obwohl eSports bereits seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren professionell betrieben wird, sind große Teile der Öffentlichkeit immer noch sehr wenig mit eSports vertraut. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die grundlegende Aspekte rund um eSports erläutert. Gewaltverherrlichung unter Jugendlichen oder...