infonet-economy

The present text examines how the organizational input variable "family" and the financial output variable "return" are interrelated. This question is crucial since there are serious doubts brought forward by Schulze et al. (2003) whether family firms really exhibit the ideal precondition of low agency costs as hypothesized by Fama and Jensen (1983a and 1983b).…

This paper describes the innovative research approach of a project that has recently been funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). The project aims at analyzing and accelerating managerial and organizational adaptation processes that foster the diffusion of pioneering energy efficient technologies in the building sector. Psychological, managerial, and economic theories…

Gläubige sind die besseren Kapitalisten. Zumindest nach Max Weber. Der formulierte 1904/05 seine berühmte These von der protestantischen Ethik und dem Geist des Kapitalismus. Seinerzeit hatte er es auf den Wirtschaftsaufschwung im Amerika der puritanischen Gründerväter abgesehen und ihn mit religiös motivierten Werten wie Sparsamkeit und Arbeitseifer erklärt. So weit hätte er…

In the present study we sought to clarify the functional distinctions between organization identity strength, organizational identification, and organizational commitment. Data were obtained from 10?948 employees of a large steel manufacturer. First, confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the discriminant validity of the three focal constructs. Next, drawing on research that…

The overall target of the Swiss Energy Policy is to reduce CO2-emissions and thereby to achieve the vision of an energy-efficient ‘2000 Watt per Capita Society'. A major instrument to contribute to the vision in the residential building sector is standards about energy-efficient building designs. However, new residual houses according to the energy-efficiency standard are not as…