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Resilienz: Unternehmenshistorische Dimensionen der Krisenrobustheit am Beispiel deutscher Brauereien in den 1970er Jahren

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  • Köhler Ingo

    (Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, D-37073 Göttingen)

  • Schulze Benjamin W.

    (Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 6, D-37073 Göttingen)

Abstract

The possibility to fail is inherent to entrepreneurial existence. The risk of a system – a company losing stability increases especially in economic crisis as well as in times of social change. Is it possible for companies to develop their own ‘immunity’ which would make it easier to minimize these risks? This paper examines German breweries during the structural change after ‘the boom’. First, the theory of resilience, here in the sense of crisis robustness, is critically analysed and the value for business research considered. Although the term ‘resilience’ was not used by contemporaries, it was, however, an already established concept of action, based on the interaction between anticipatory preparedness and situational flexibility.

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  • Köhler Ingo & Schulze Benjamin W., 2016. "Resilienz: Unternehmenshistorische Dimensionen der Krisenrobustheit am Beispiel deutscher Brauereien in den 1970er Jahren," Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, De Gruyter, vol. 57(2), pages 455-491, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:jbwige:v:57:y:2016:i:2:p:455-491:n:7
    DOI: 10.1515/jbwg-2016-0019
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    Keywords

    Braubranche; flexibility; Krise; Krisenbewältigung; preparedness; Resilienz; Risikomanagement; Unternehmensgeschichte; Brewing industry; crisis; the overcoming of crisis; resilience; risk management; business history;
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    • B - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology
    • D - Microeconomics
    • L - Industrial Organization
    • N - Economic History

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