The study examines a spanish bank during downsizing and partial closeure and how this affect the knowledge sharing between co-workers. The employees know that they will loose their job within a year and the study looks on various factors that influences factual knowledge sharing in the organisation. Factors include willingness,communication and time as well as how the organisations structure might influence on the sharing of knowledge.The result of the study shows that there is no radical change between how the co-workers share knowledge under the crises as compared to before the crises emerged. However, contrary to previous studies, this study shows that the co-workers experience to have more time to fulfil their working duties now as compared to before the crises. / Program: Magisterutbildning i strategisk information och kommunikation

This thesis analyses determinants for structural reforms in the euro area. First, it is theoretically scrutinized how the common monetary policy of the European Central Bank causes a reform bias between small and large countries. Second, it is examined how private market adjustment, structural reforms and their interaction affect the intra-euro area current account balances of euro area countries. Third, it is analysed how an asymmetric foreign asset and liability distribution across the euro area affects single countries need for structural reforms of labour markets. Fourth, the impact of fiscal stabilization policy on structural reform activity will be examined.

Zugl.: Passau, Univ., Diss.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2006--Bayreuth.

Univ., Diss.--St. Gallen, 2004.

Zugl.: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Diss., 2007

Zugl.: Göttingen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2008.

Zugl.: Mannheim, Universiẗat, Diss., 2008.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Tübingen. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283).

Since the end of the 1970s much discontent has been expressed about a decrease in capital expenditures by Western companies . This investment gap - measured by corporate investment as a declining percentage of GNP- is cause for concern, and reflects a low level of innovation. Clearly, during the period under consideration, Western companies did not find enough opportunities for capital expenditures that would have yielded higher returns than they anticipated from investing the money in the financial markets . The low level of innovation and the resulting investment gap led not only to lower economic growth rates but also hindered structural change. One possible reason for this development is related to the conditions under which managers are willing to take risks . Investments and innovations are generally accompanied by high risks and uncertain returns. The relationship between investment and innovation gaps, an the one hand, and expected profits and equity capital, an the othet, is extensively covered in the literature, which presumes a positive correlation between the willingness to take risks and profit expectations .This assumption is also posThis assumption is also postulated in the Portfolio-Selection-Theory.6 Similarly, in the Risk-Analysis-Model of D.B. Hertz a positive correlation between profit expectation and a risktaking attitude is assumed.