IWH Construction Industry Survey December 1998: Upward trend in the East German construction industry – but weaker in 1999
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 1,
1999
Abstract
Nach dem Umsatzeinbruch 1998 erwarten die ostdeutschen Bauunternehmen für 1999 einen deutlich schwächeren Umsatzrückgang. Das Übergewicht der Unternehmen mit Umsatzminus gegenüber denen mit Umsatzplus war deshalb 1999 weniger stark ausgeprägt als im Jahr davor. Laut Umfrage setzt sich aber der Personalabbau angesichts des noch bestehenden Produktivitätsrückstandes 1999 weiter deutlich fort.
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IWH Construction Industry Survey December 1997: Business prospects for East German construction industry at new low
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 2,
1998
Abstract
Besonders ungünstig bewerteten vor allem die Hochbauunternehmen die Geschäftslage zum Jahresende 1997. Die Gründe waren vor allem in dem Nachfragerückgang bei neu zu bauenden Mietwohnungen zu suchen, deren Errichtung nach dem Auslaufen der Übergangsregelung zur steuerlichen Förderung und angesichts bestehender Angebotsüberhänge für Investoren nicht mehr attraktiv war.
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IWH Construction Industry Survey August: Business situation in East German construction industry above prior year level – Business outlook slightly dampened
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 11,
1996
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East German construction industry in August 2002: Optimistic mood thanks to prospects regarding the clean up of flood damages
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
2002
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IWH Construction Industry Survey August 2001: East German Construction
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
2001
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IWH Construction Industry Survey August 2000
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
2000
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IWH Construction Industry Survey August 1999: Positive trend continues in construction industry, but building construction weaker
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
1999
Abstract
Nach den Ergebnissen der IWH-Bauumfrage im August 1999 hatte die sommerlich gute Stimmung angehalten. Allerdings machte sich eine deutliche Spaltung zwischen den Sparten bemerkbar: Während sich im Tiefbau die Aufwärtsbewegung aufgrund der guten Auftragslage im Straßen- und gewerblichen Tiefbau fortsetzte, stagnierte der Ausbaubereich nach der frühsommerlichen Belebung der Modernisierungsaktivitäten auf dem erreichten hohen Niveau und im Hochbau brach die in den Vormonaten zu beobachtende leichte Entspannung der Situation ab.
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The Economic Optimality of Sanction Mechanisms in Interorganizational Ego Networks – A Game Theoretical Analysis –
Muhamed Kudic, Marc Banaszak
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 15,
2009
Abstract
Even though small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs) were believed not to proceed beyond exporting in their internationalization routes, we can observe new types of co-operation intensive entrepreneurial firms – so-called “micromultinational enterprises” (mMNEs) – entering the global landscape. These firms face the challenge to manage and control a portfolio of national and international alliances simultaneously (ego network). The aim of this paper is to provide game theoretically consolidated conditions in order to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of interorganizational sanction mechanisms in an alliance portfolio setting. A game theoretical framework is developed over three stages with increasing complexity. Results show that two out of six analyzed sanction mechanisms do not fulfill the game theoretical condition for effectiveness. The efficiency analysis sensibilizes for discretionary elements in governance structures and demonstrates that not one single sanction mechanism but rather the right choice and combination of different types of sanction mechanisms leads to efficient results. We contribute to the international business, alliance, and network literature in several ways by focusing on alliance portfolios held by mMNEs. In doing so, we move beyond the dyadic level and analyze sanction mechanisms from an ego network perspective, a still widely under-emphasized topic in the literature.
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The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Financial Investments
Walter Hyll, Maike Irrek
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 10,
2015
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Several scholars analyze the relationship between individuals’ willingness to take risks and financial investment decisions. We add to this literature in using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel which allow ruling out that investments in risky assets itself impact on risk attitudes. We show that individuals with a higher willingness to take risks are more likely to hold bonds, stocks, and company assets. When grouping individuals into risk groups, our results reveal that high risk takers are also less likely to own a life insurance. If endogenous adaption of risk attitudes from holding assets in previous years is not taken into account, the impact of risk attitudes on holding risky assets is upward biased.
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On the Stability of Preferences: Repercussions of Entrepreneurship on Risk Attitudes
Matthias Brachert, Walter Hyll
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 5,
2014
Abstract
The majority of empirical studies make use of the assumption of stable preferences in searching for a relationship between risk attitude and the decision to become and stay an entrepreneur. Yet empirical evidence on this relationship is limited. In this paper, we show that entry into entrepreneurship itself plays a decisive role in shaping risk preferences. We find that becoming self-employed is indeed associated with a relative increase in risk attitudes, an increase that is quantitatively large and significant even after controlling for individual characteristics, different employment status, and duration of entrepreneurship. The findings suggest that studies assuming that risk attitudes are stable over time suffer from reverse causality; risk attitudes do not remain stable over time, and individual preferences change endogenously.
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