Exploring the Curvature of the Relationship Between HRM–CSR and Corporate Financial Performance

Journal of Business Ethics - This article contributes to the general literature on the relationship between corporate social performance and corporate financial performance, as well as to the...     

On the relationship between hierarchy and type morphisms

Here, we establish a relationship between hierarchy and type morphisms. Both concepts have been used to relate the types in one structure to types in a second “larger” structure. In general, the two concepts may differ, in the sense that a hierarchy morphism need not be a type morphism. We provide a necessary and sufficient condition under which the two concepts coincide. We go on to provide situations under which this condition must be satisfied.     

Education,unemployment and migration

This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are disproportionally skilled. The brain drain from the poor to the rich region is accompanied by stronger incentives to acquire skills even for immobile workers. Regional shocks tend to affect both regions in a symmetric fashion, and skill-biased technological change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment compensation, which justifies a corrective subsidization.     

Best project management and systems engineering practices in the preacquisition phase for federal intelligence and defense agencies

The analysis of several government defense and intelligence agency large‐scale acquisition programs that experienced significant cost and schedule growth shows that several critical factors need to be addressed in the preacquisition phase of the acquisition cycle. These include overzealous advocacy, technology readiness levels, life‐cycle cost, schedule details, requirements maturity, acquisition and contract strategy, program office personnel tenure and experience, risk management, systems engineering, and trade studies. The results of this study—which incorporated data from industry responses, government and industry executive interviews, numerous studies, and reports—indicate that early preacquisition activities executed in a rigorous fashion can significantly reduce the risk of cost and schedule growth. In this paper, the root causes of the cost and schedule growth are discussed as well as techniques and alternatives to improve program performance.     

Deutlicher Anstieg der Nettozuwanderung nach Deutschland

Since 2010 net immigration to Germany has risen significantly. Net immigration to Germany in 2012 is estimated to total nearly 400 000 people. Influxes of such a magnitude have significant macroeconomic implications. While in the long run they increase the domestic labour force and hence potential output, they moderate wages and prices in the short run. This article investigates the determinants of immigration to Germany and its outlook for the coming years. It shows that differences in employment opportunities in Germany and in the rest of Europe largely explain migration flows. Owing to Germany’s attractive labour market and the expected slow recovery in neighbouring Europe, cumulative immigration to Germany is likely to exceed two million by 2017.     

Zielgruppenorientierung und Hybridität als Marketingtreiber im Direktvertrieb

Durch die rasche Verbreitung neuer Vertriebskan?le stellt sich die Frage, wie die Marketinginstrumente zur Steigerung des Vertriebserfolges optimal aufeinander abgestimmt werden k?nnen. Bei der Suche nach einer effektiven Marketinglogik setzt die Oswald Nahrungsmittel GmbH in erster Linie auf eine Kombination von Zielgruppenorientierung und hybriden Vertriebsstrukturen — und hat beispielsweise so die Effektivit?t einer Direct-Mailing-Kampagne gesteigert.     

On the optimality of joint taxation for noncooperative couples

We present a noncooperative model of a family's time allocation between work and a home-produced public good, and examine whether the income tax should apply to couples or individuals. While tax-induced labor supply distortions lead to overprovision of the public good, spouses' failure to internalize the collective effect of their choices points towards underprovision. A large parameter range exists for which a move from individual to joint taxation improves the welfare of both spouses. The source of Pareto-improvement consists in moving the level of the public good closer to its first-best, while an adjustment of intra-family transfers compensates the secondary earner for the increased tax load.     

An Interim Assessment of the US Trade Policy of ‘Competitive Liberalization’

Since 2001, the Administration of George W. Bush has pursued a trade policy known as Competitive Liberalization. This policy envisages a series of mutually‐reinforcing and sequential steps to open markets abroad to US companies, to strengthen market‐oriented laws and regulations overseas, and to place the United States at the centre of the world trading system. Foreign and security policy considerations have influenced US trade policy making, perhaps more so than in the 1990s. To date the principal outcome of this policy has been the negotiation by the United States of numerous free trade agreements, mainly with developing countries, individually or in sub‐regional groupings. In addition to characterising this policy in detail, the principal purpose of this paper is to assess the logic underlying this approach to trade policy making and whether Competitive Liberalization has begun to fulfil the promise spelled out for it at the beginning of this decade.