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«Vorzeigeunternehmen» in der Wirtschaftspolitik

Die Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung und die Reformdebatten um das bundesdeutsche Recht der Unternehmensträgerstiftung

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Abstract

The «Carl-Zeiss-Foundation» had a significant influence on the development of the law of business foundations in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1945. Founded by Ernst Abbe in 1889, the Foundation was created to manage two firms driven by a statute in a self-regulated governance exclusively. After World War II such kind of business foundations became part of the German corporated landscape, especially after the 1960s. Critizised by a leading group of ordoliberal lawyers and also in the focus of the legislator, the «Carl-Zeiss-Foundation» was seen as a successful «model-firm», which immunized the law of business foundations against further regulations. The article describes the significant influences of this «model-firm» in the making of policies and the non-making of legal rules.

Published Online: 2019-03-07
Published in Print: 2019-03-05

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