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s project examines the market strategies, personnel policies and professionalisation activities in the business consulting sector in Germany in the context of the increasing tendency towards internationalisation. At the centre of the study is the question of in how far associations and businesses appreciate that an increasing number of qualified women is available to them and in how far they view them as a target group for their strategies and activities.

The theoretical basis of the study combines three strands:

This project, conducted by Sigrid Quack and Sebastian Botzem, looks at the internationalisation of knowledge-intensive service intermediaries using the example of law and accounting firms. We hope to gain a better understanding of co-evolutive processes characterised by the mutual influence of institutional conditions and actor behaviour. In particular, we analyse:

Die Durchführung des Dissertationsprojektes erfolgt in Kooperation mit dem vier Länder (BE, NL, D, FR) und die EU-Ebene umfassenden Projekt „Access and Legitimacy“ an der Katholischen Universität Leuven, Belgien sowie in Zusammenarbeit mit Dr. Bernhard Wessels (WZB). Finanziert wird das belgische Projekte durch den Forschungsfonds Flanders, Belgien. Die Finanzierung der deutschen Teilstudie bzw. des Dissertationsprojektes erfolgt durch das WZB im Rahmen des Doktorandinnen-Programmes.

PD D Project
Prof. Barbara Pfetsch
Prof. Ruud Koopmans

How does industrial work develop in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC)? The project examines whether multinational companies contribute to a convergence of the development paths of industrial work in the triad countries and the emerging markets through standardization of human resource systems, or whether a divergence of separate “worlds of work” can be recorded.

1. Key Issues

The project focuses on the organisation and design of aspects of human resources management and development at Japanese and German manufacturers with the emphasis on Toyota and Volkswagen. Among the main aspects under study are the design of career systems, pay and incentive systems (especially with respect to Kaizen), performance appraisal, and further training.

2. Field and Focus of Research

Research is conducted at the levels of the central organisation and plants of the firms in Japan and Germany. Of particular interest are:

The PROKNOW project aims at analysing the interactions between public research institutions and academic spin-offs focusing on the impact of entrepreneurial and scientific activities on the academic research system. Based upon approaches in organisational sociology, science policy studies and science studies and analyzing the gains and losses of spin-off activities for public research institutions, PROKNOW examines the relevance of public and private forms of knowledge in innovative processes of knowledge production. Academic spin-offs often epitomize innovative forms of knowledge production and are thus an exemplary topic to study innovation processes in the interaction of science, economy and society.

I. Objectives

Das Projekt untersucht in Form einer Evaluation die Wirkungen des EXIST-III-Förderprogramms auf die Stimulierung und Etablierung einer Gründungskultur an Universitäten und Hochschulen.