Publications des institutions partenaires
Executive Perceptions: Probing the Institutionalization of Organizational Downsizing
Downsizing is one of the most frequently used business strategies for reducing costs, returning firms to profit or for restructuring businesses following takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Downsizing measures are also set to become much more prevalent in the public sector as governments seek to restrict levels of public spending. This book is one of the first to provide a thorough…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
International sport league comparisons
Comparisons between European and North American sports leagues have occurred over the years. In this paper, we attempt to bring these comparisons down to the essential elements -what has come to be called Rottenberg’s (1956) invariance principle and theoretical insights into attempts to alter competitive balance using revenue sharing, talent drafts, and payroll caps. We also examine…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
Say on pay : ein Überblick über Gestaltungsoptionen, ökonomische Konsequenzen und Erkenntnisse aus Empirie and Laborexperimenten
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/01/2012
Say on pay design, executive pay, and board dependence
I study the impact of ''say on pay'' (SoP) on the compensation decisions and the structure of the board of directors (BoD) in a setting where the CEO has the real authority over the composition of the BoD. The CEO's authority arises endogenously from an informational advantage about individual board members' contribution to firm value and allows her to…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
The effect of a sports institution’s legal structure on sponsorship income: The case of amateur equestrian sports in Germany
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
Weingärtner, C. (2012). Economic Consequences of Property Rights Allocations in Two-and More-sided Markets: Application to Three Problems in Sports Management
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
The effect of the distance between partners' knowledge components on collaborative innovation knowledge distance for innovation
The alliance literature has recognized distance between partners' knowledge as important for innovation. However, theoretical reasoning as well as empirical results differ concerning the relationship of partners' knowledge base distance and innovation performance. We assume that the mixed results are caused by neglecting the role of relevant knowledge types. In this study,…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
Lean product development - enabling management factors for waste elimination
Lean development is a promising approach in new product development (NPD). However, despite the successful application of lean thinking and its principles to manufacturing, the adoption of the lean approach to product development is a quite novel undertaking. In this paper, we develop and test hypotheses pertaining to the elimination of waste, which is one of the major objectives of…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
Understanding a firm’s openness decisions in innovation
The degree of openness in innovation, ranging from closed to multiple levels of openness, is a key strategic decision for managers. Therefore, this study aims to carefully investigate the underlying drivers of openness. A major result of this study is that the degree of openness underlies separate mechanisms for being closed in innovation and higher degrees of openness. The factors…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2012
Die ökonomischen Hintergründe des Tarifstreits in der NBA
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 25/11/2011
Erfahrungswissen und Erfolg von Himalaya-Expeditionen
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/11/2011
Die Perspektiven des chinesischen Profifussballs
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 29/09/2011
The gender pay gap and performance pay: Is there room for discrimination?
Although discrimination is the most prominent explanation for the gender pay gap, studies providing conclusive evidence are scarce. This paper examines whether discrimination is less severe under performance pay than under time-based pay. To identify an external and measurable source of discrimination we exploit the variation of social norms regarding equal pay for equal work across…
Institution partenaire
English / 25/06/2011
Der Mythos vom "Abzocker" und die ökonomische Realität. Die Entwicklung der Managerlöhne in grossen Publikumsfirmen im vergangenen Jahrzehnt rechtfertigt keine Regulierung
Die Debatte über Managerlöhne und mögliche Regulierungen hält an. Der Autor schlägt im Folgenden vor, die Entlöhnung relativ zu Gewinn oder Marktwert des Unternehmens zu messen.
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 27/05/2011
Optimalwertfunktion und Einhüllendensätze
Bei Optimierungsmodellen in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften werden häufig gewisse Problemdaten als Parameter (exogene Variablen) aufgefasst, sodass es wichtig ist zu untersuchen, wie die Lösungen und der Optimalwert von den Parametern abhängen. Von besonderem Interesse sind sogenannte Einhüllendensätze, die Bedingungen für die Differenzierbarkeit der Optimalwertfunktion eines…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Schweizer HR-Barometer 2011. Unsicherheit und Vertrauen
Wie gross ist bei Beschäftigten in der Schweiz die Sorge, die Arbeitsstelle zu verlieren? Wie stark vertrauen Arbeitnehmende ihrem direkten Vorgesetzten und ihrem Arbeitgeber? Welche HRM-Praktiken wirken sich förderlich auf das Vertrauen aus? Wirkt Vertrauen als Versicherung für unsichere Zeiten? Personalabbau, Restrukturierungen und Firmenzusammenschlüsse verunsichern die…
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/01/2011
Occupational mobility within and between skill clusters: An empirical analysis based on the skill-weights approach
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
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