Corporate governance, innovation, and economic performance: a case study on Volkswagen

Abstract: "In the debate on globalisation of the financial markets and its effect on corporate governance it is often claimed that the pressure for higher rates of return exerted by institutional investors in the name of shareholder value, has led to a fundamental change of company policy among listed companies. Due to short-term profit orientation and increased dividend pay-outs to investors, the critiques argue, long-term development of the innovation potential of these companies will suffer, and this ultimately will have negative consequences on employment and growth. Since in the 1990s almost all major German companies listed on the stock exchange have declared their commitment to the principles of shareholder value. Hitherto there is little empirical evidence of the consequences of such an orientation on company-internal structures and processes. The present case study on the Volkswagen AG helps to close this gap. Central questions in this study are the following: To what extent have th

Alternative title
Unternehmensführung, Innovation und ökonomische Entwicklung: eine Fallstudie von Volkswagen
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 38 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion

Bibliographic citation
Veröffentlichungsreihe / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Technik - Arbeit - Umwelt, Abteilung Regulierung von Arbeit ; Bd. 02-205

Keyword
Corporate Governance
Shareholder-Value-Analyse
Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
Change Agent
Organisationswandel
Restrukturierung
Change Management
Investitionsentscheidung
Investitionspolitik
Investitionsplanung
Innovation
Deutschland

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2002
Creator
Jürgens, Ulrich
Contributor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-112792
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Jürgens, Ulrich
  • Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Time of origin

  • 2002

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