@techreport{GagrčinSchaetzRakowskietal.2021, author = {Gagrčin, Emilija and Schaetz, Nadja and Rakowski, Niklas and Toth, Roland and Renz, Andr{\´e} and Vladova, Gergana and Emmer, Martin}, title = {We and AI}, publisher = {Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society - the German Internet}, address = {Berlin}, doi = {10.34669/wi/1}, pages = {70}, year = {2021}, language = {en} } @article{SchulzEderTiberiusetal.2021, author = {Schulz, Anne and Eder, Amelie and Tiberius, Victor and Solorio, Samantha Casas and Fabro, Manuela and Brehmer, Nataliia}, title = {The digitalization of motion picture production and its value chain implications}, series = {Journalism and media}, volume = {2}, journal = {Journalism and media}, number = {3}, publisher = {MPDI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2673-5172}, doi = {10.3390/journalmedia2030024}, pages = {397 -- 416}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Technological change and development have been ongoing in the motion picture industry since its beginnings some 125 years ago. What further advancements of digitalization can be expected over the next decade and what are its implications for the industry's value chain? To answer this question, we conducted an international two-stage Delphi study. The results suggested a more frequent use of smartphones as cameras, the emergence of full digital film sets and digital star avatars, as well as advancements in VR-based and interactive movies. The findings imply challenges for traditional players in the motion picture value chain. Production technology becomes both simpler and more complex, leading to the threat of new entrants.}, language = {en} } @incollection{SiegelProeller2022, author = {Siegel, John and Proeller, Isabella}, title = {Strategic management in public administration}, series = {Elgar encyclopedia of public management}, booktitle = {Elgar encyclopedia of public management}, editor = {Schedler, Kuno}, publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, address = {Cheltenham}, isbn = {978-1-80037-548-2}, doi = {10.4337/9781800375499.strategic}, pages = {302 -- 306}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Strategic management is the deliberate engagement of an administration with the challenges of fulfilling its mission and ensuring and improving its ability to act by clarifying measures of success, an understanding of how to influence patterns of action, and organiza-tional learning. In this respect, it is not just about planning, but about an understanding of the emerging strategies of the administration in fulfilling its tasks and the use of opportunities for performance improvement, taking into account stakeholder expectations, resource base and organizational capabilities.}, language = {en} } @article{FleischerCarstens2021, author = {Fleischer, Julia and Carstens, Nora}, title = {Policy labs as arenas for boundary spanning}, series = {Public Management Review}, volume = {24}, journal = {Public Management Review}, number = {8}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {London}, issn = {1470-1065}, doi = {10.1080/14719037.2021.1893803}, pages = {1208 -- 1225}, year = {2021}, abstract = {The recently adopted German Online Access Act triggered the creation of digitalization labs for designing digital services, bringing together federal, state, and local authorities; end-users; and private-sector actors. These labs provide opportunities for boundary spanning due to organizational field and lab features. Our comparative case studies on three digitalization labs show variations in boundary spanning and reveal lab members de-coupling from their parent organizations to a varying extent. We have concluded labs offer boundary spanning that supports safeguarding the legitimacy of innovative policy designs but also raise concerns over public accountability.}, language = {en} } @article{BeierUllrichNiehoffetal.2020, author = {Beier, Grischa and Ullrich, Andr{\´e} and Niehoff, Silke and Reißig, Malte and Habich, Matthias}, title = {Industry 4.0}, series = {Journal of cleaner production}, volume = {259}, journal = {Journal of cleaner production}, publisher = {Elsevier Science}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0959-6526}, doi = {10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120856}, pages = {13}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Industry 4.0 has had a strong influence on the debate on the digitalization of industrial processes, despite being criticized for lacking a proper definition. However, Industry 4.0 might offer a huge chance to align the goals of a sustainable development with the ongoing digital transformation in industrial development. The main contribution of this paper is therefore twofold. We provide a de-facto definition of the concept "Industry 4.0" from a sociotechnical perspective based on its most often cited key features, as well as a thorough review of how far the concept of sustainability is incorporated in it.}, language = {en} } @article{BertschekBlockKritikosetal.2023, author = {Bertschek, Irene and Block, Joern and Kritikos, Alexander and Stiel, Caroline}, title = {German financial state aid during Covid-19 pandemic}, series = {Entrepreneurship \& regional development}, volume = {36}, journal = {Entrepreneurship \& regional development}, number = {1-2}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, issn = {0898-5626}, doi = {10.1080/08985626.2023.2196267}, pages = {76 -- 97}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In response to strong revenue and income losses facing a large share of self-employed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency-aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the impact of this program on the confidence to survive the crisis. We investigate how the digitalization level of self-employed individuals influences the program's effectiveness. Employing propensity score matching, we find that the emergency-aid program had only moderately positive effects on the confidence of self-employed to survive the crisis. However, self-employed whose businesses were highly digitalized, benefitted much more from the state aid than those whose businesses were less digitalized. This only holds true for those self-employed, who started the digitalization processes already before the crisis. Taking a regional perspective, we find suggestive evidence that the quality of the regional broadband infrastructure matters in the sense that it increases the effectiveness of the emergency-aid program. Our findings show the interplay between governmental support programs, the digitalization levels of entrepreneurs, and the regional digital infrastructure. The study helps public policy to improve the impact of crisis-related policy instruments, ultimately increasing the resilience of small firms in times of crises.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Kuhlmann2023, author = {Kuhlmann, Sabine}, title = {From Weberian bureaucracy to digital government?}, series = {Handbook of public administration reform}, booktitle = {Handbook of public administration reform}, editor = {Goldfinch, Shaun F.}, publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, address = {Cheltenham, UK}, isbn = {978-1-80037-674-8}, doi = {10.4337/9781800376748.00016}, pages = {207 -- 226}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Over the past decades, the traditional profile of the German administrative system has significantly been reshaped and remoulded through reforms and transformations. Manifold modernization efforts have been undertaken to adjust administrative structures and procedures to increasing challenges and pressures. In this chapter, the attempt is made to outline major institutional reform paths in Germany from Weberian bureaucracy to most recent reforms towards a digital transformation of public administration. We will show to what extent the German administrative system has moved away from the classical Weberian bureaucracy to a hybrid system where elements of the 'old' model and new reform paradigms such as the NPM and digital government are hybridized, labelled the Neo Weberian State. The question will be addressed as to what extent this shift has taken shape and which hurdles and path-dependencies can be identified to explain partial persistence and continuity over time.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{VladovaRuedian2020, author = {Vladova, Gergana and R{\"u}dian, Sylvio Leo}, title = {From learners to educators}, series = {The future of education}, volume = {10}, booktitle = {The future of education}, publisher = {Pixel}, address = {Florenz}, isbn = {978-88-85813-87-8}, issn = {2420-9732}, doi = {10.26352/E618_2384-9509}, pages = {5}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The rapid growth of technology and its evolving potential to support the transformation of teaching and learning in post-secondary institutions is a major challenge to the basic understanding of both the university and the communities it serves. In higher education, the standard forms of learning and teaching are increasingly being challenged and a more comprehensive process of differentiation is taking place. Student-centered teaching methods are becoming increasingly important in course design and the role of the lecturer is changing from the knowledge mediator to moderator and learning companion. However, this is accelerating the need for strategically planned faculty support and a reassessment of the role of teaching and learning. Even though the benefits of experience-based learning approaches for the development of life skills are well known, most knowledge transfer is still realized through lectures in higher education. Teachers have the goal to design the curriculum, new assignments, and share insights into evolving pedagogy. Student engagement could be the most important factor in the learning success of university students, regardless of the university program or teaching format. Against this background, this article presents the development, application, and initial findings of an innovative learning concept. In this concept, students are allowed to deal with a scientific topic, but instead of a presentation and a written elaboration, their examination consists of developing an online course in terms of content, didactics, and concept to implement it in a learning environment, which is state of the art. The online courses include both self-created teaching material and interactive tasks. The courses are created to be available to other students as learning material after a review process and are thus incorporated into the curriculum.}, language = {en} } @incollection{KuhlmannMarienfeldt2023, author = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Marienfeldt, Justine}, title = {Comparing local government systems and reforms in Europe}, series = {Handbook on local and regional governance}, booktitle = {Handbook on local and regional governance}, editor = {Teles, Filipe}, publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, address = {Cheltenham, UK}, isbn = {978-1-80037-119-4}, doi = {10.4337/9781800371200.00033}, pages = {313 -- 329}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The study of subnational and local government systems and reforms has become an increasingly salient topic in comparative public administration. In many European countries, policy implementation, the execution of public tasks and the delivery of services to citizens are largely carried out by local governments, which, at the same time, have been subjected to multiple reforms and sometimes comprehensive institutional re-organizations. This chapter discusses analytical key concepts and outcomes of the comparative study of local governments and local government reforms. It outlines frameworks and analytical tools to capture the variety of institutional settings and developments at the local level of government. It provides an introduction into crucial comparative dimensions, such as functional, territorial and political profiles of local governments, and analyses current reform approaches and outcomes based on recent empirical findings. Finally, the chapter addresses salient issues to be taken up in future comparative studies about local government.}, language = {en} } @article{BaumgartBoosBraunsmann2023, author = {Baumgart, Lene and Boos, Pauline and Braunsmann, Katharina}, title = {A circulatory loop}, series = {Social inclusion}, volume = {11}, journal = {Social inclusion}, number = {4}, publisher = {Cogitatio Press}, address = {Lisbon}, issn = {2183-2803}, doi = {10.17645/si.v11i4.7056}, pages = {160 -- 171}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In the digitalization debate, gender biases in digital technologies play a significant role because of their potential for social exclusion and inequality. It is therefore remarkable that organizations as drivers of digitalization and as places for social integration have been widely overlooked so far. Simultaneously, gender biases and digitalization have structurally immanent connections to organizations. Therefore, a look at the reciprocal relationship between organizations, digitalization, and gender is needed. The article provides answers to the question of whether and how organizations (re)produce, reinforce, or diminish gender-specific inequalities during their digital transformations. On the one hand, gender inequalities emerge when organizations use post-bureaucratic concepts through digitalization. On the other hand, gender inequalities are reproduced when organizations either program or implement digital technologies and fail to establish control structures that prevent gender biases. This article shows that digitalization can act as a catalyst for inequality-producing mechanisms, but also has the potential to mitigate inequalities. We argue that organizations must be considered when discussing the potential of exclusion through digitalization.}, language = {en} }