@phdthesis{Halecker2016, author = {Halecker, Bastian}, title = {New perspective and insights on business model innovation using systems thinking and action case studies}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-90404}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {IX, 239}, year = {2016}, abstract = {In recent years, entire industries and their participants have been affected by disruptive technologies, resulting in dramatic market changes and challenges to firm's business logic and thus their business models (BMs). Firms from mature industries are increasingly realizing that BMs that worked successfully for years have become insufficient to stay on track in today's "move fast and break things" economy. Firms must scrutinize the core logic that informs how they do business, which means exploring novel ways to engage customers and get them to pay. This can lead to a complete renewal of existing BMs or innovating completely new BMs. BMs have emerged as a popular object of research within the last decade. Despite the popularity of the BM, the theoretical and empirical foundation underlying the concept is still weak. In particular, the innovation process for BMs has been developed and implemented in firms, but understanding of the mechanisms behind it is still lacking. Business model innovation (BMI) is a complex and challenging management task that requires more than just novel ideas. Systematic studies to generate a better understanding of BMI and support incumbents with appropriate concepts to improve BMI development are in short supply. Further, there is a lack of knowledge about appropriate research practices for studying BMI and generating valid data sets in order to meet expectations in both practice and academia. This paper-based dissertation aims to contribute to research practice in the field of BM and BMI and foster better understanding of the BM concept and BMI processes in incumbent firms from mature industries. The overall dissertation presents three main results. The first result is a new perspective, or the systems thinking view, on the BM and BMI. With the systems thinking view, the fuzzy BM concept is clearly structured and a BMI framework is proposed. The second result is a new research strategy for studying BMI. After analyzing current research practice in the areas of BMs and BMI, it is obvious that there is a need for better research on BMs and BMI in terms of accuracy, transparency, and practical orientation. Thus, the action case study approach combined with abductive methodology is proposed and proven in the research setting of this thesis. The third result stems from three action case studies in incumbent firms from mature industries employed to study how BMI occurs in practice. The new insights and knowledge gained from the action case studies help to explain BMI in such industries and increase understanding of the core of these processes. By studying these issues, the articles complied in this thesis contribute conceptually and empirically to the recently consolidated but still increasing literature on the BM and BMI. The conclusions and implications made are intended to foster further research and improve managerial practices for achieving BMI in a dramatically changing business environment.}, language = {en} } @book{OPUS4-9171, title = {The European Union and Russia}, series = {Potsdamer Textb{\"u}cher ; 28}, journal = {Potsdamer Textb{\"u}cher ; 28}, editor = {Franzke, Jochen and Koszel, Bogdan and Kinyakin, Andrej}, publisher = {Welttrends}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-945878-21-7}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {278}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Since spring 2014 the relations between the EU and Russia are stuck in an Ice Age. From a Western point of view, especially the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the intervention in the conflict in Ukraine are responsible. The EU has frozen their relations to Russia and applied sanctions against it. Russia reacted in the same way. Can this vicious circle be broken without betraying the values of the EU? This book presents the analysis and ideas of social scientists from Germany, Poland and Russia. The reasons for this crisis are seen quite differently but all try to find a way out of the current confrontation.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Schmidt2016, author = {Schmidt, Peter}, title = {Contributions to EU regional policy}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-90837}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xii, 137}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This cumulative dissertation contains four self-contained articles which are related to EU regional policy and its structural funds as the overall research topic. In particular, the thesis addresses the question if EU regional policy interventions can at all be scientifically justified and legitimated on theoretical and empirical grounds from an economics point of view. The first two articles of the thesis ("The EU structural funds as a means to hamper migration" and "Internal migration and EU regional policy transfer payments: a panel data analysis for 28 EU member countries") enter into one particular aspect of the debate regarding the justification and legitimisation of EU regional policy. They theoretically and empirically analyse as to whether regional policy or the market force of the free flow of labour (migration) in the internal European market is the better instrument to improve and harmonise the living and working conditions of EU citizens. Based on neoclassical market failure theory, the first paper argues that the structural funds of the EU are inhibiting internal migration, which is one of the key measures in achieving convergence among the nations in the single European market. It becomes clear that European regional policy aiming at economic growth and cohesion among the member states cannot be justified and legitimated if the structural funds hamper instead of promote migration. The second paper, however, shows that the empirical evidence on the migration and regional policy nexus is not unambiguous, i.e. different empirical investigations show that EU structural funds hamper and promote EU internal migration. Hence, the question of the scientific justification and legitimisation of EU regional policy cannot be readily and unambiguously answered on empirical grounds. This finding is unsatisfying but is in line with previous theoretical and empirical literature. That is why, I take a step back and reconsider the theoretical beginnings of the thesis, which took for granted neoclassical market failure theory as the starting point for the positive explanation as well as the normative justification and legitimisation of EU regional policy. The third article of the thesis ("EU regional policy: theoretical foundations and policy conclusions revisited") deals with the theoretical explanation and legitimisation of EU regional policy as well as the policy recommendations given to EU regional policymakers deduced from neoclassical market failure theory. The article elucidates that neoclassical market failure is a normative concept, which justifies and legitimates EU regional policy based on a political and thus subjective goal or value-judgement. It can neither be used, therefore, to give a scientifically positive explanation of the structural funds nor to obtain objective and practically applicable policy instruments. Given this critique of neoclassical market failure theory, the third paper consequently calls into question the widely prevalent explanation and justification of EU regional policy given in static neoclassical equilibrium economics. It argues that an evolutionary non-equilibrium economics perspective on EU regional policy is much more appropriate to provide a realistic understanding of one of the largest policies conducted by the EU. However, this does neither mean that evolutionary economic theory can be unreservedly seen as the panacea to positively explain EU regional policy nor to derive objective policy instruments for EU regional policymakers. This issue is discussed in the fourth article of the thesis ("Market failure vs. system failure as a rationale for economic policy? A critique from an evolutionary perspective"). This article reconsiders the explanation of economic policy from an evolutionary economics perspective. It contrasts the neoclassical equilibrium notions of market and government failure with the dominant evolutionary neo-Schumpeterian and Austrian-Hayekian perceptions. Based on this comparison, the paper criticises the fact that neoclassical failure reasoning still prevails in non-equilibrium evolutionary economics when economic policy issues are examined. This is surprising, since proponents of evolutionary economics usually view their approach as incompatible with its neoclassical counterpart. The paper therefore argues that in order to prevent the otherwise fruitful and more realistic evolutionary approach from undermining its own criticism of neoclassical economics and to create a consistent as well as objective evolutionary policy framework, it is necessary to eliminate the equilibrium spirit. Taken together, the main finding of this thesis is that European regional policy and its structural funds can neither theoretically nor empirically be justified and legitimated from an economics point of view. Moreover, the thesis finds that the prevalent positive and instrumental explanation of EU regional policy given in the literature needs to be reconsidered, because these theories can neither scientifically explain the emergence and development of this policy nor are they appropriate to derive objective and scientific policy instruments for EU regional policymakers.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Schroth2016, author = {Schroth, Maximilian}, title = {Microfinance and the enhancement of economic development in less developed countries}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-94735}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XII, 287}, year = {2016}, abstract = {It is the intention of this study to contribute to further rethinking and innovating in the Microcredit business which stands at a turning point - after around 40 years of practice it is endangered to fail as a tool for economic development and to become a doubtful finance product with a random scope instead. So far, a positive impact of Microfinance on the improvement of the lives of the poor could not be confirmed. Over-indebtment of borrowers due to the pre-dominance of consumption Microcredits has become a widespread problem. Furthermore, a rising number of abusive and commercially excessive practices have been reported. In fact, the Microfinance sector appears to suffer from a major underlying deficit: there does not exist a coherent and transparent understanding of its meaning and objectives so that Microfinance providers worldwide follow their own approaches of Microfinance which tend to differ considerably from each other. In this sense the study aims at consolidating the multi-faced and very often confusingly different Microcredit profiles that exist nowadays. Subsequently, in this study, the Microfinance spectrum will be narrowed to one clear-cut objective, in fact away from the mere monetary business transactions to poor people it has gradually been reduced to back towards a tool for economic development as originally envisaged by its pioneers. Hence, the fundamental research question of this study is whether, and under which conditions, Microfinance may attain a positive economic impact leading to an improvement of the living of the poor. The study is structured in five parts: the three main parts (II.-IV.) are surrounded by an introduction (I.) and conclusion (V.). In part II., the Microfinance sector is analysed critically aiming to identify the challenges persisting as well as their root causes. In the third part, a change to the macroeconomic perspective is undertaken in oder to learn about the potential and requirements of small-scale finance to enhance economic development, particularly within the economic context of less developed countries. By consolidating the insights gained in part IV., the elements of a new concept of Microfinance with the objecitve to achieve economic development of its borrowers are elaborated. Microfinance is a rather sensitive business the great fundamental idea of which is easily corruptible and, additionally, the recipients of which are predestined victims of abuse due to their limited knowledge in finance. It therefore needs to be practiced responsibly, but also according to clear cut definitions of its meaning and objectives all institutions active in the sector should be devoted to comply with. This is especially relevant as the demand for Microfinance services is expected to rise further within the years coming. For example, the recent refugee migration movement towards Europe entails a vast potential for Microfinance to enable these people to make a new start into economic life. This goes to show that Microfinance may no longer mainly be associated with a less developed economic context, but that it will gain importance as a financial instrument in the developed economies, too.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Brietze2016, author = {Brietze, Rabea}, title = {F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fteentwicklung in der Unternehmensberatung Erfolgsfaktor oder Inszenierung?}, publisher = {Logos}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-8325-4320-4}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {276}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Selbstverst{\"a}ndnis und Image der Unternehmensberatung, das Bewerbern, Mitarbeitern und Kunden gleichermaßen Wissensvorsprung durch Ballung der besten K{\"o}pfe verspricht, scheinen sowohl f{\"u}r den Berater als auch den Kunden einen Erfolgsfaktor einzunehmen. Die Karriere des Unternehmensberaters wird im Vergleich zu anderen Branchen durch eine starke Formalisierung anhand von Kompetenzen und Entwicklungspfaden begleitet. Talentgewinnung und -entwicklung sind dabei Kernaufgaben des Personalmanagements, das gerade aufgrund seiner kompetenzbasierten Instrumente und formalistischen Strukturen als Erfolgsfaktor gilt. Die Analyse der Autorin setzt beim Personalmanagement der Unternehmensberatung an. Auff{\"a}llig erscheinen dabei zun{\"a}chst {\"a}hnliche Strukturen und Instrumente zur Talentidentifikation und -entwicklung, die f{\"u}r eine gesamte Branche charakteristisch sind. Speziell f{\"u}r Professional Service Firms ist der Mitarbeiter die entscheidende {\"o}konomische Gr{\"o}ße in der Leistungserbringung. Der Kunde beurteilt die Unternehmensleistung im Zusammenspiel mit seinem Kontakt zum Mitarbeiter, der maßgeblich f{\"u}r die Leistungserbringung und Qualit{\"a}tssicherung verantwortlich ist. Der Analysefokus liegt deshalb im Personalmanagement von Unternehmensberatungen als Teil der Professional Service Firms und wird vor dem Hintergrund systemtheoretischer {\"U}berlegungen beleuchtet. Eckpfeiler des Systems zeigen sich insbesondere in Form von branchen{\"u}blichen Rekrutierungsstrategien, der formalistischen Leistungsbeurteilung, dem vergleichsweise steilen Karriereverlauf sowie anhand {\"u}berdurchschnittlicher Geh{\"a}lter. Hat die Unternehmensberatung die Qualifizierung und Entwicklung ihrer Mitarbeiter zum Erfolgsfaktor gemacht? Die Autorin analysiert, ob das Personalmanagement und seine Verfahren berechtigterweise als Erfolgsfaktor einer Branche gelten, welche Faktoren den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg der Branche beeinflussen und welche Grenzen die Nutzenanalyse in Bezug auf die Beratungsleistung erf{\"a}hrt. ?}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Hoxtell2016, author = {Hoxtell, Annette}, title = {Entscheidungsgr{\"u}nde f{\"u}r den Ausbildungsbetrieb}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-93377}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XIV, 215, XXVII}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die schulische Berufswahlvorbereitung vers{\"a}umt es, Jugendliche auf die Wahl des Ausbildungsbetriebs vorzubereiten. Sie thematisiert nur die Berufswahl, obwohl die Entscheidung f{\"u}r eine betriebliche Ausbildung immer auch die Entscheidung f{\"u}r einen Ausbildungsbetrieb voraussetzt. F{\"u}r die Ausbildungszufriedenheit und den -erfolg ist diese Betriebswahl zentral. Angesichts des Mismatchs am Ausbildungsmarkt ist das Thema hochrelevant. Aus welchen Gr{\"u}nden entscheiden sich Jugendliche f{\"u}r einen Ausbildungsbetrieb? Diese Frage untersucht die vorliegende Arbeit aus prospektiver Sicht in narrativen Einzelinterviews mit 52 Sch{\"u}lerinnen und Sch{\"u}lern der 9. und 10. Klassenstufen verschiedener Schultypen und aus retrospektiver Sicht in vier multipel eingebetteten Mehrfallstudien mit 17 Auszubildenden aus vier Betrieben und in acht Berufen - jeweils in Brandenburg und Berlin. Theoretisch n{\"a}hert sich diese Arbeit dem Thema {\"u}ber psychologische, soziologische und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche sowie interdisziplin{\"a}re Berufswahltheorien an, dem operativen Modell der Betriebswahl sowie dem hier neu entwickelten Modell der Ausbildungswahl als Entscheidungsprozess, das die beiden Wahlkomponenten Betrieb und Beruf vereint. Drei zentrale Erkenntnisse kennzeichnen das Ergebnis der vorliegenden Arbeit: 1. Jugendliche besch{\"a}ftigen sich mit der Wahl des Ausbildungsbetriebs und ber{\"u}cksichtigen vor allem emotionale Gr{\"u}nde. Diese variieren von Person zu Person. 2. Wichtigste Entscheidungsgr{\"u}nde f{\"u}r den Ausbildungsbetrieb sind der pers{\"o}nliche Eindruck, die inhaltliche Solidit{\"a}t, der Ort, das Betriebsklima, Kontakte ins Unternehmen, Perspektiven und die Bezahlung. 3. Jugendliche mit Mittlerem Schulabschluss achten besonders auf die Perspektiven nach Ausbildungsende. Die wenigen anderen Studien zur Entscheidung f{\"u}r den Ausbildungsbetrieb gehen auf den am h{\"a}ufigsten genannten Entscheidungsgrund pers{\"o}nlicher Eindruck nicht ein. Auch kommen sie zu uneinheitlichen Schl{\"u}ssen, f{\"u}r welche Personengruppe der Entscheidungsgrund Perspektiven besonders relevant ist. Es bedarf zus{\"a}tzlicher Studien, um die Ergebnisse zu {\"u}berpr{\"u}fen und ihre statistische Verteilung in gr{\"o}ßeren Bev{\"o}lkerungsgruppen zu untersuchen sowie eine belastbare, ganzheitliche Theorie zur Ausbildungswahl zu entwickeln.}, language = {de} } @article{Orland2016, author = {Orland, Andreas}, title = {Personality traits and the perception of macroeconomic indicators}, series = {Bulletin of Economic Research}, volume = {69}, journal = {Bulletin of Economic Research}, number = {4}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0307-3378}, doi = {10.1111/boer.12110}, pages = {E150 -- E172}, year = {2016}, abstract = {I examine the determinants of both perceived inflation and unemployment in one single survey and include Big Five traits in the analysis. This is the first survey on this topic in Germany. My sample consists of 1771 students from different fields and levels. Using PhD students' estimates as a reference, I create categories for underestimation and overestimation of both variables. Multinomial logit regressions show that females overestimate both variables. Education and news consumption reduce misestimation. A higher level of Neuroticism is related with a higher probability to overestimate unemployment. Overstating (understating) one indicator is associated with overstating (understating) the other.}, language = {en} } @article{AlAni2016, author = {Al-Ani, Ayad}, title = {What is the Role for Civil Society, State Institutions, Entrepreneurs and Non State Actors After the Arab Spring?}, series = {Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review}, volume = {6}, journal = {Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review}, number = {4}, issn = {2223-5833}, doi = {10.4172/2223-5833.1000241}, pages = {2}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @article{UllrichVladova2016, author = {Ullrich, Andre and Vladova, Gergana}, title = {Weighing the Pros and Cons of Engaging in Open Innovation}, series = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {8}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, publisher = {Carleton University Graphic Services}, address = {Ottawa}, issn = {1927-0321}, pages = {34 -- 40}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The positive aspects of open innovation projects are widely discussed in innovation management research and practice by means of case studies and best practices. However, enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) also face miscellaneous challenges in open innovation practice, leading to uncertainty and even renunciation of open innovation project participation. Thus, it is essential for SMEs to find the right balance between possible positive effects and negative consequences - the latter being the less studied "dark sides" of open innovation. However, appropriate methods of finding this balance are still lacking. In this article, we discuss the assessment of open innovation project participation by presenting a weighing and decision process framework as a conceivable solution approach. The framework includes an internal, external, and integrated analysis as well as a recommendation and decision phase. Piece by piece, we investigate the current situation and the innovation goals of the enterprise as an initial point for a decision for or against engaging in open innovation. Furthermore, we discuss the development of a software tool that automatically applies this framework and allows self-assessment by SMEs.}, language = {en} } @article{Apelojg2016, author = {Apelojg, Benjamin}, title = {Lehrer machen keine Fehler! Zusammenh{\"a}nge zwischen Lehrpers{\"o}nlichkeit und Seminarpraxis}, series = {Das Theorie-Praxis-Verh{\"a}ltnis in der {\"o}konomischen Bildung}, journal = {Das Theorie-Praxis-Verh{\"a}ltnis in der {\"o}konomischen Bildung}, editor = {Holger, Arndt}, publisher = {Wochenschau Verlag}, address = {Schwalbach/Ts}, isbn = {978-3-7344-0218-0}, pages = {269 -- 278}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @article{JunghannsFabianErmakova2016, author = {Junghanns, Philipp and Fabian, Benjamin and Ermakova, Tatiana}, title = {Engineering of secure multi-cloud storage}, series = {Computers in industry : an international, application oriented research journal}, volume = {83}, journal = {Computers in industry : an international, application oriented research journal}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0166-3615}, doi = {10.1016/j.compind.2016.09.001}, pages = {108 -- 120}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This article addresses security and privacy issues associated with storing data in public cloud services. It presents an architecture based on a novel secure cloud gateway that allows client systems to store sensitive data in a semi-trusted multi-cloud environment while providing confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. This proxy system implements a space-efficient, computationally-secure threshold secret sharing scheme to store shares of a secret in several distinct cloud datastores. Moreover, the system integrates a comprehensive set of security measures and cryptographic protocols to mitigate threats induced by cloud computing. Performance in practice and code quality of the implementation are analyzed in extensive experiments and measurements. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{ErmakovaFabianZarnekow2016, author = {Ermakova, Tatiana and Fabian, Benjamin and Zarnekow, Ruediger}, title = {Improving Individual Acceptance of Health Clouds through Confidentiality Assurance}, series = {Applied clinical informatics}, volume = {7}, journal = {Applied clinical informatics}, publisher = {Schattauer}, address = {Stuttgart}, issn = {1869-0327}, doi = {10.4338/ACI-2016-07-RA-0107}, pages = {983 -- 993}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Background: Cloud computing promises to essentially improve healthcare delivery performance. However, shifting sensitive medical records to third-party cloud providers could create an adoption hurdle because of security and privacy concerns. Methods: We empirically investigate our research question by a survey with over 260 full responses. For the setting with a high confidentiality assurance, we base on a recent multi-cloud architecture which provides very high confidentiality assurance through a secret-sharing mechanism: Health information is cryptographically encoded and distributed in a way that no single and no small group of cloud providers is able to decode it.}, language = {en} } @book{Schmidt2016, author = {Schmidt, Thorsten Ingo}, title = {Finanzierungspflichten und Konnexit{\"a}tsprinzip}, series = {Recht der Steuern und der {\"o}ffentlichen Finanzordnung ; 10}, journal = {Recht der Steuern und der {\"o}ffentlichen Finanzordnung ; 10}, editor = {Gosch, Dietmar and Hufeld, Ulrich and Kirchhof, Gregor and Rust, Alexander and Schenke, Ralf and Tappe, Henning and Weitemeyer, Birgit}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Baden-Baden}, isbn = {978-3-8487-2822-0}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {86}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die Finanzkrise der Kommunen beruht auch auf der {\"U}bertragung staatlicher Aufgaben ohne entsprechenden finanziellen Ausgleich. Davor sollen nun das grundgesetzliche Aufgaben{\"u}bertragungsverbot vom Bund auf die Kommunen und die landesverfassungsrechtlichen Konnexit{\"a}tsregeln beim Transfer vom Land auf die Kommunen sch{\"u}tzen. Zwar ist anerkannt, dass diese Vorschriften f{\"u}r Sachaufgaben gelten. Doch ist streitig, ob dies auch f{\"u}r die Auferlegung von Finanzierungspflichten zu gelten hat. Der Autor vergleicht die landesverfassungsrechtlichen Bestimmungen in ihrer Auslegung durch das jeweilige Landesverfassungsgericht und arbeitet unter besonderer Ber{\"u}cksichtigung der nordrhein-westf{\"a}lischen Rechtslage heraus, dass die {\"U}bertragungsvorschriften nicht umgangen werden d{\"u}rfen. {\"U}bertragung einer Sachaufgabe und Auferlegung einer Finanzierungspflicht sind funktionell gleichwertig und beide konnexit{\"a}tsrelevant. Der Autor ist Direktor des Kommunalwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam.}, language = {de} } @book{Schmidt2016, author = {Schmidt, Thorsten Ingo}, title = {Das Mitverwaltungsmodell}, series = {Kommunalrechtliche Studien ; 3}, journal = {Kommunalrechtliche Studien ; 3}, editor = {Br{\"u}ning, Christoph and Schmidt, Thorsten Ingo}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Baden-Baden}, isbn = {978-3-8487-2797-1}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {165}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Demographischer Wandel einerseits und zunehmende Aufgaben andererseits erzwingen bei finanzieller Notlage kommunale Reformen. Vielfach antworten die Landesgesetzgeber auf diesen Reformbedarf mit immer gr{\"o}ßeren kommunalen Einheiten. Um dieser „Flucht in die Einheitsgemeinde" entgegenzuwirken, entwickelt der Verfasser das Mitverwaltungsmodell: Eine Gemeinde bleibt zwar rechtlich selbstst{\"a}ndig, bedient sich aber der hauptamtlichen Verwaltung einer anderen Gemeinde. Die M{\"o}glichkeit einer solchen {\"o}ffentlich-rechtlichen Gesch{\"a}ftsbesorgung wird unter Wahrung der Selbstverwaltungsgarantie beider Gemeinden entfaltet. Die notwendigen gesetzlichen Bestimmungen und vertraglichen Regelungen werden entworfen. Dieses Modell soll im Rahmen der Brandenburgischen Verwaltungsstrukturreform umgesetzt werden und kann auch anderen L{\"a}ndern als Vorbild dienen. Der Autor ist Direktor des Kommunalwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Widdau2016, author = {Widdau, Christoph Sebastian}, title = {Cassirers Leibniz und die Begr{\"u}ndung der Menschenrechte}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-12677-3}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {142}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Christoph Sebastian Widdau leistet mit seinem Buch einen innovativen Beitrag zur Cassirer-Forschung, zu den Leibniz-Studien und zur Begr{\"u}ndung der Menschenrechte. Er wirft ein ideengeschichtlich und philosophisch neues Licht auf die 'Natur' im Naturrecht, die kulturelle Bedeutung des Individuums und den Pluralismus politischer Ordnungen. Mit 'Cassirers Leibniz' zeigt Widdau auf, dass Menschenrechte kein beliebiger Zusatz zur Kultur, sondern vielmehr kulturkonstitutiv sind.}, language = {de} } @book{BalderjahnSpecht2016, author = {Balderjahn, Ingo and Specht, G{\"u}nter}, title = {Einf{\"u}hrung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre}, edition = {7. Aufl.}, publisher = {Sch{\"a}ffer-Poeschel}, address = {Stuttgart}, isbn = {978-3-7910-3532-1}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {299}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Das Lehrbuch erl{\"a}utert Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern, angehenden Wirtschaftsingenieuren und -informatikern sowie Nebenfachstudierenden aus dem technischen Bereich die wichtigsten Grundlagen der BWL.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Wazynski2016, author = {Wazynski, Tim}, title = {Finanzierungsentscheidungen multinationaler Unternehmen}, series = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken ; 28}, journal = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken ; 28}, publisher = {Verlag Wissenschaft \& Praxis}, address = {Sternenfels}, isbn = {978-3-89673-717-5}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {380}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Zwecks Erkl{\"a}rung von komplexen Finanzierungsentscheidungen multinationaler Unternehmen mit besonderem Bezug zum Euroraum werden bisherige Ans{\"a}tze im Bereich „Finance" erweitert und empirisch belegt. Die Analyse beschr{\"a}nkt sich hier nicht ausschließlich auf die Kapitalstruktur (Eigen- und Fremdkapital), sondern ebenfalls auf die strukturellen Verh{\"a}ltnisse von Innen- und Außenfinanzierung. Damit wird einerseits der Forschungsstrang „Corporate Finance" fortgef{\"u}hrt andererseits mit einem Cashflow basierten Ansatz erweitert. In Anlehnung an das theoretische Modell zur optimalen Finanzierungsstruktur (Innen- und Außenfinanzierung) werden auf eigener Datenbasis periodenspezifische Entwicklungen der Unternehmensfinanzierung im internationalen Kontext analysiert. Die besonderen Auswirkungen der globalen Finanzkrise auf b{\"o}rsennotierte Unternehmen aus Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien werden hier mit einem neuen Ansatz empirisch untersucht. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Folgen der globalen Finanzkrise f{\"u}r die Kapitalbeschaffung multinationaler Unternehmen, zun{\"a}chst allein auf Basis der Kapitalstruktur scheinbar geringere Ver{\"a}nderungen verursachten, unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung der Finanzierungsstruktur jedoch weitreichende Dynamiken zum Vorschein kamen. Demnach unterliegen die Finanzierungsvolumina und die entsprechenden Finanzierungsquoten im Krisenverlauf enormen Schwankungen, die vielschichtige Herausforderungen f{\"u}r das internationale Finanzmanagement verdeutlichen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Effenberg2016, author = {Effenberg, Manuel}, title = {Syndizierungsmotive und strategische Positionierung von Venture Capital Gesellschaften}, series = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken ; 27}, journal = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken ; 27}, publisher = {Verlag Wissenschaft \& Praxis}, address = {Sternenfels}, isbn = {978-3-89673-718-2}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {305}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @article{KlegerWiddau2016, author = {Kleger, Heinz and Widdau, Christoph Sebastian}, title = {Vom Weltethos zur Zivilreligion des Weltb{\"u}rgers}, series = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 120]}, volume = {24}, journal = {WeltTrends : das außenpolitische Journal [24 (2016), 120]}, number = {120}, publisher = {WeltTrends}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-945878-29-3}, pages = {48 -- 52}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Schumacher2016, author = {Schumacher, Reinhard}, title = {Adam Smith, foreign trade and economic development}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {143}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Kemmerling2016, author = {Kemmerling, Birte Christina}, title = {The impact of concession strategies on negotiation performance}, series = {Schriftenreihe zum Verhandlungsmanagement ; 1}, journal = {Schriftenreihe zum Verhandlungsmanagement ; 1}, publisher = {Kovac}, address = {Hamburg}, isbn = {978-3-8300-8804-2}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {132}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Konzessionen (auch: Zugest{\"a}ndnisse) spielen in Eink{\"a}ufer-Zulieferer-Verhandlungen eine entscheidende Rolle, weil die beteiligten Verhandlungs­parteien in der Regel nur {\"u}ber Konzessionen, das heißt {\"u}ber eine Abfolge von entgegenkommenden Angeboten, zu einem von beiden Seiten akzeptierten Verhandlungsergebnis kommen. Da Verhandelnde mit der Abgabe von eigenen Konzessionen jedoch einen Teil ihrer individuellen Verhandlungsmasse hergeben und durch Konzessionen des Gegen{\"u}bers einen Teil zu ihrer Verhandlungsmasse dazu gewinnen k{\"o}nnen, beeinflussen Konzessionen maßgeblich die Verhandlungsperformance von Verhandelnden. Diese wiederum hat nachweislich einen Einfluss auf die Profitabilit{\"a}t von Unternehmen. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es sowohl f{\"u}r die Verhandlungsforschung als auch f{\"u}r die Verhandlungspraxis von Interesse, zu untersuchen, wann und wie Verhandelnde Konzessionen in Verhandlungen machen sollten, um die eigene Verhandlungsperformance zu optimieren. Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Untersuchung widmet sich die Autorin dieser Fragestellung, indem sie erstens (1) untersucht, ob Verhandelnde die erste Konzession in einer Verhandlung machen sollten, zweitens (2) analysiert, nach welchem Konzessionsmuster Verhandelnde verhandeln sollten und drittens (3) die Vorteilhaftigkeit der Abgabe von Konzessionen in Form von Paket­angeboten in Verhandlungen mit mehreren Verhandlungsgegenst{\"a}nden (z. B. Preis, Menge und Lieferkonditionen) ermittelt. Mit der Bearbeitung dieser Teilfragestellungen schließt die Autorin zum einen L{\"u}cken in der Verhandlungsforschung und zum anderen leitet sie relevante Implikationen f{\"u}r ein systematisches Konzessionsmanagement in der Verhandlungspraxis ab.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Pratsch2016, author = {Pratsch, Stephanie}, title = {The Role of Aspirations in Negotiation}, series = {Schriftenreihe zum Verhandlungsmanagement ; 4}, journal = {Schriftenreihe zum Verhandlungsmanagement ; 4}, publisher = {Hamburg}, address = {Kovac}, isbn = {978-3-8300-9006-9}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {122}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Buyer-seller negotiations have significant impact on a company's profitability, which makes practitioners aim at maximizing their performance. One lever for increasing bargaining performance is to pursue a clearly defined aspiration, i.e. one's most desired outcome. In this context, the author explores the role of such aspirations in the three negotiation phases: preparation, bargaining, and striking a deal. She investigates determinants of aspirations, unintended consequences such as unethical bargaining behavior, and the consequences of overly ambitious aspirations. As a result, she does not only close existing gaps in negotiation research, but also derives valuable implications for practitioners}, language = {en} } @article{CaliendoKuennUhlendorff2016, author = {Caliendo, Marco and K{\"u}nn, Steffen and Uhlendorff, Arne}, title = {Earnings exemptions for unemployed workers: The relationship between marginal employment, unemployment duration and job quality}, series = {Labour economics : an international journal}, volume = {42}, journal = {Labour economics : an international journal}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0927-5371}, doi = {10.1016/j.labeco.2016.07.003}, pages = {177 -- 193}, year = {2016}, abstract = {In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income by working a few hours per week. The intention is to keep unemployed job seekers attached to the labour market and to increase their job-finding probabilities. To analyze the unemployment dynamics of job seekers with and without marginal employment, we consider an inflow sample into unemployment and estimate multivariate duration models. While we do not find any significant impact on the job finding probability in a model with homogeneous effects, models allowing for time-varying coefficients indicate a decreased job finding probability of marginal employment at the beginning of the unemployment spell and an increased job finding probability for the long-term unemployed. Our results suggest that job seekers with marginal employment find more stable post-unemployment jobs, and we find some evidence that the relationship between marginal employment and wages and employment stability varies with respect to skill levels, sector and labor market tightness. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{Borck2016, author = {Borck, Rainald}, title = {Will skyscrapers save the planet? Building height limits and urban greenhouse gas emissions}, series = {Regional science and urban economics}, volume = {58}, journal = {Regional science and urban economics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0166-0462}, doi = {10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.01.004}, pages = {13 -- 25}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate housing consumption may decrease, which reduces emissions from residential energy use. A numerical model is used to evaluate whether total GHG emissions may be lower under building height restrictions. Welfare is not concave in the strictness of building height limits, so either no limit or a very strict one (depending on the strength of the externality) might maximize welfare. The paper discusses several extensions, such as congestion, endogenous transport mode choice, migration, and urban heat island effect. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved}, language = {en} } @article{BauernschusterBorck2016, author = {Bauernschuster, Stefan and Borck, Rainald}, title = {Formal Child Care and Family Structure: Theory and Evidence}, series = {CESifo economic studies : a joint initiative of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit{\~A}\it and Ifo Institute for Economic Research}, volume = {62}, journal = {CESifo economic studies : a joint initiative of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit{\~A}\it and Ifo Institute for Economic Research}, publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {1610-241X}, doi = {10.1093/cesifo/ifv025}, pages = {699 -- 724}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This article studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market with positive assortative matching, where in equilibrium, the poorest women stay single. Couples have to decide on the number of children and spousal specialization in home production of public goods and child care. We then study how child care provision affects the equilibrium. Due to specialization in home production, the incentive to use child care is smaller for married mothers than for single mothers. We show that this increases the number of single mothers and the divorce rate. Using survey data from Germany, we present suggestive empirical evidence consistent with this finding. (JEL codes: J12 and J13).}, language = {en} } @book{Knobloch2016, author = {Knobloch, J{\"o}rn}, title = {Normativit{\"a}t und Know-how Politischer Ordnung}, publisher = {Velbr{\"u}ck}, address = {Weilerswist}, isbn = {978-3-95832-090-1}, pages = {310}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @article{BraunBockelmann2016, author = {Braun, Andreas and Bockelmann, Laura}, title = {An individual perspective on open innovation capabilities in the context of haute cuisine}, series = {International journal of innovation in management}, volume = {20}, journal = {International journal of innovation in management}, publisher = {World Scientific}, address = {Singapore}, issn = {1363-9196}, doi = {10.1142/S136391961650002X}, pages = {480 -- 499}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Previous research on open innovation (OI) has primarily focused on the organisational level of R\&D intensive industries. With this paper, we contribute to research on the individual level of analysis by analysing specific perspectives in the context of creative industries. Our study is based on 36 interviews with Haute cuisine chefs in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland listed in the 2012 Michelin Guide. Building on the OI capability concept, our results demonstrate that chefs use absorptive and desorptive capacity (AC, DC) as means to generate and market culinary innovations, respectively. Moreover, we found that chefs almost exclusively rely on their own inventive and innovative capabilities in the early stages of the culinary innovation process. In subsequent phases, however, chefs increasingly integrate other sources such as employees, suppliers, and guests. Our study contributes to the literature in two ways. First, we research the individual level within the OI process, and second, we provide insight into OI practices in the creative industries.}, language = {en} } @article{VogelKroll2016, author = {Vogel, Dominik and Kroll, Alexander}, title = {The stability and change of psm-related values across time}, series = {International public management journal}, volume = {19}, journal = {International public management journal}, publisher = {J. C. B. Mohr}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1096-7494}, doi = {10.1080/10967494.2015.1047544}, pages = {53 -- 77}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This article is a response to calls in prior research that we need more longitudinal analyses to better understand the foundations of PSM and related prosocial values. There is wide agreement that it is crucial for theory building but also for tailoring hiring practices and human resource development programs to sort out whether PSM-related values are stable or developable. The article summarizes existent theoretical expectations, which turn out to be partially conflicting, and tests them against multiple waves of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study which covers a time period of 16 years. It finds that PSM-related values of public employees are stable rather than dynamic but tend to increase with age and decrease with organizational membership. The article also examines cohort effects, which have been neglected in prior work, and finds moderate evidence that there are differences between those born during the Second World War and later generations.}, language = {en} } @article{CaliendoGehrsitz2016, author = {Caliendo, Marco and Gehrsitz, Markus}, title = {Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty}, series = {Inorganics : open access journal}, volume = {23}, journal = {Inorganics : open access journal}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1570-677X}, doi = {10.1016/j.ehb.2016.09.004}, pages = {209 -- 225}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @article{CaliendoKuennWeissenberger2016, author = {Caliendo, Marco and Kuenn, Steffen and Weißenberger, Martin}, title = {Personality traits and the evaluation of start-up subsidies}, series = {European economic review}, volume = {86}, journal = {European economic review}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0014-2921}, doi = {10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.11.008}, pages = {87 -- 108}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Many countries support business start-ups to spur economic growth and reduce unemployment with different programmes. Evaluation studies of such programmes commonly rely on the conditional independence assumption (CIA), allowing a causal interpretation of the results only if all relevant variables affecting participation and success are accounted for. While the entrepreneurship literature has emphasised the important role of personality traits as predictors for start-up decisions and business success, these variables were neglected in evaluation studies so far due to data limitations. In this paper, we evaluate a new start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals in Germany using propensity score matching under the CIA. Having access to rich administrative-survey data allows us to incorporate usually unobserved personality measures in the evaluation and investigate their impact on the estimated effects. We find strong positive effects on labour market reintegration and earned income for the new programme. Most importantly, results including and excluding individuals\&\#1523; personalities do not differ significantly, implying that concerns about potential overestimation of programme effects in the absence of personality measures might be less justified if the set of other control variables is rich enough.}, language = {en} } @article{ZaklanAbrellNeumann2016, author = {Zaklan, Aleksandar and Abrell, Jan and Neumann, Anne}, title = {Stationarity changes in long-run energy commodity prices}, series = {Energy economics}, volume = {59}, journal = {Energy economics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0140-9883}, doi = {10.1016/j.eneco.2016.07.022}, pages = {96 -- 103}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Situated at the intersection of the literatures on speculative storage and non-renewable commodity scarcity, this paper considers whether changes in persistence have occurred in long-run U.S. prices of the energy commodities crude oil, natural gas and bituminous coal. We allow for a structural break when testing for a break in persistence to avoid a change in the stochastic properties of prices being confounded by an unaccounted-for deterministic shift in the price series. We find that coal prices are trend stationary throughout their evolution and that oil prices change from stationarity to non-stationarity in the decade between the late 1960s to late 1970s. The result on gas prices is ambiguous. Our results demonstrate the importance of accounting for a possible structural shift when testing for breaks in persistence, while being robust to the exact date of the structural break. Based on our analysis we caution against viewing long-run energy commodity prices as being non-stationary and conclude in favor of modeling commodity market fundamentals as stationary, meaning that speculative storage will tend to have a dampening effect on prices. We also cannot reject that long-run prices of coal and, with some hesitation, gas follow a Hotelling-type rule. In contrast, we reject the Hotelling rule for oil prices since the late 1960s/early 1970s. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{Schumacher2016, author = {Schumacher, Reinhard}, title = {Adam Smith and the "rich country-poor country" debate: eighteenth-century views on economic progress and international trade}, series = {The European journal of the history of economic thought}, volume = {23}, journal = {The European journal of the history of economic thought}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0967-2567}, doi = {10.1080/09672567.2015.1050046}, pages = {764 -- 793}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @misc{Schumacher2016, author = {Schumacher, Reinhard}, title = {Propriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith, Archival Insights Into the Evolution of Economics}, series = {Journal of behavioral and experimental economics}, volume = {62}, journal = {Journal of behavioral and experimental economics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {New York}, issn = {2214-8043}, doi = {10.1016/j.socec.2016.02.002}, pages = {51 -- 52}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @article{LodeSchoenbergerToussaint2016, author = {Lode, Birgit and Schoenberger, Philipp and Toussaint, Patrick}, title = {Clean Air for All by 2030? Air Quality in the 2030 Agenda and in International Law}, series = {Science}, volume = {25}, journal = {Science}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {2050-0386}, doi = {10.1111/reel.12151}, pages = {27 -- 38}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Air pollution poses one of the greatest human health threats in the twenty-first century, accounting for an estimated 7 million premature deaths annually. In the light of this, global efforts to promote clean air are ever more important and should feature among the key priorities on the agenda of the international community. The universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly, offers an important opportunity to tackle air pollution at a global scale. Stressing the importance of air pollution as a human health hazard, this article examines to what extent air quality is covered by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and provides an analysis of the added value of the 2030 Agenda vis-a-vis existing international regulatory instruments addressing air pollution. Even though the SDGs do not include a stand-alone goal on air quality, the article concludes that the 2030 Agenda, by establishing clean air as an integral element of the principle of sustainable development, not only constitutes an important contribution to international (hard) law focusing on the atmosphere, but also sets out a much needed complementary pathway of tackling the issue in the absence of a global agreement on air pollution.}, language = {en} } @article{OrlandSelten2016, author = {Orland, Andreas and Selten, Reinhard}, title = {Buyer power in bilateral oligopolies with advance production: Experimental evidence}, series = {Applied surface science : a journal devoted to applied physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces}, volume = {122}, journal = {Applied surface science : a journal devoted to applied physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0167-2681}, doi = {10.1016/j.jebo.2015.11.016}, pages = {31 -- 42}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We conduct experiments based on the oligopoly model by Kreps and Scheinkman (1983) to assess the impact of demand side concentration on market outcomes. Both buyers and sellers in our markets are humans. The number of firms is fixed at three in all treatments. Only the number of buyers is varied and total demand is split equally among them. We observe that firms set lower prices in markets with only few buyers, namely one or two. Price dispersion is higher in markets with few buyers. Aggregate demand withholding decreases with the number of buyers. This results in lower profits for firms and higher profits for buyers in markets with few buyers. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{NeumannNieswandSchubert2016, author = {Neumann, Anne and Nieswand, Maria and Schubert, Torben}, title = {Estimating alternative technology sets in nonparametric efficiency analysis: restriction tests for panel and clustered data}, series = {Journal of productivity analysis}, volume = {45}, journal = {Journal of productivity analysis}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0895-562X}, doi = {10.1007/s11123-015-0461-z}, pages = {35 -- 51}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Nonparametric efficiency analysis has become a widely applied technique to support industrial bench-marking as well as a variety of incentive-based regulation policies. In practice such exercises are often plagued by incomplete knowledge about the correct specifications of inputs and outputs. Simar and Wilson (Commun Stat Simul Comput 30(1): 159-184, 2001) and Schubert and Simar (J Prod Anal 36(1): 55-69, 2011) propose restriction tests to support such specification decisions for cross-section data. However, the typical oligopolized market structure pertinent to regulation contexts often leads to low numbers of cross-section observations, rendering reliable estimation based on these tests practically unfeasible. This small-sample problem could often be avoided with the use of panel data, which would in any case require an extension of the cross-section restriction tests to handle panel data. In this paper we derive these tests. We prove the consistency of the proposed method and apply it to a sample of US natural gas transmission companies from 2003 through 2007. We find that the total quantity of natural gas delivered and natural gas delivered in peak periods measure essentially the same output. Therefore only one needs to be included. We also show that the length of mains as a measure of transportation service is non-redundant and therefore must be included.}, language = {en} } @article{Wenzel2016, author = {Wenzel, Bertolt}, title = {Organizing coordination in a public marine research and management advice organization: The case of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research}, series = {Marine policy}, volume = {64}, journal = {Marine policy}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0308-597X}, doi = {10.1016/j.marpol.2015.11.017}, pages = {159 -- 167}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Public organizations involved in marine management are increasingly confronted with coordination challenges in marine governance. This study examines why and how the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) reorganized its formal coordination structures between the areas of fisheries management and marine environmental management The findings indicate that organizing efficient and, at the same time, legitimate coordination structures between different areas of marine governance is a "wicked" organizational problem with no ultimate and single optimal solution. In contrast to the assumptions of classical organization and management theory, the study finds that the reorganization of formal coordination structures is not necessarily driven for reasons of efficiency and perceived coordination problems. Instead, public marine management organizations also change their organizational structures to live up to external expectations to adopt modern management concepts, such as the Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM). However, the study indicates that the adoption of the EAM has stimulated coordination and integration efforts in the research and advisory activities of the IMR. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Bacon2016, author = {Bacon, Claudia}, title = {Europa im Rathaus}, series = {Region - Nation - Europa ; 77}, journal = {Region - Nation - Europa ; 77}, publisher = {LIT}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-643-13249-9}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {304}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Seit den 90er Jahren gehen von der europ{\"a}ischen Integration zunehmend R{\"u}ckwirkungen auf die subnationalen Ebenen aus. In der Folge kann eine Vervielfachung der kommunalen EU-bezogenen T{\"a}tigkeiten sowie die Einrichtung spezieller Koordinierungsstellen beobachtet werden. Aufbauend auf einer Befragung unter allen deutschen Großst{\"a}dten und anhand von Experteninterviews in Bremerhaven, Dresden und Bochum widmet sich dieses Buch der Ausgestaltung der kommunalen EU-Arbeit in der Praxis. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht die Frage nach dem Mehrwert einer zentralen EU-Stelle in der Stadtverwaltung.}, language = {de} } @article{WenzKalkuhlSteckeletal.2016, author = {Wenz, Leonie and Kalkuhl, Matthias and Steckel, Jan Christoph and Creutzig, Felix}, title = {Teleconnected food supply shocks}, series = {Environmental research letters}, volume = {11}, journal = {Environmental research letters}, publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.}, address = {Bristol}, issn = {1748-9326}, doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/035007}, pages = {10}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The 2008-2010 food crisis might have been a harbinger of fundamental climate-induced food crises with geopolitical implications. Heat-wave-induced yield losses in Russia and resulting export restrictions led to increases in market prices for wheat across the Middle East, likely contributing to the Arab Spring. With ongoing climate change, temperatures and temperature variability will rise, leading to higher uncertainty in yields for major nutritional crops. Here we investigate which countries are most vulnerable to teleconnected supply-shocks, i.e. where diets strongly rely on the import of wheat, maize, or rice, and where a large share of the population is living in poverty. We find that the Middle East is most sensitive to teleconnected supply shocks in wheat, Central America to supply shocks in maize, and Western Africa to supply shocks in rice. Weighing with poverty levels, Sub-Saharan Africa is most affected. Altogether, a simultaneous 10\% reduction in exports of wheat, rice, and maize would reduce caloric intake of 55 million people living in poverty by about 5\%. Export bans in major producing regions would put up to 200 million people below the poverty line at risk, 90\% of which live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our results suggest that a region-specific combination of national increases in agricultural productivity and diversification of trade partners and diets can effectively decrease future food security risks.}, language = {en} } @article{KalkuhlEdenhofer2016, author = {Kalkuhl, Matthias and Edenhofer, Ottmar}, title = {Ramsey meets Th{\"u}nen}, series = {International tax and public finance}, volume = {24}, journal = {International tax and public finance}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0927-5940}, doi = {10.1007/s10797-016-9403-6}, pages = {350 -- 380}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Land taxes can increase production in the manufacturing sector and enhance land conservation at the same time, which can lead to overall macroeconomic growth. Existing research emphasizes the non-distorting properties of land taxes (when fixed factors are taxed) as well as growth-enhancing impacts (when asset portfolios are shifted to reproducible capital). This paper furthers the neoclassical perspective on land taxes by endogenizing land allocation decisions in a multi-sector growth model. Based on von Th{\"u}nen's observation, agricultural land is created from wilderness through conversion and cultivation, both of which are associated with costs. In the steady state of our general equilibrium model, land taxes not only may reduce land consumption (associated with environmental benefits) but may also affect overall economic output, while leaving wages and interest rates unaffected. When labor productivity is higher in the manufacturing than in the agricultural sector and agricultural and manufactured goods are substitutes (or the economy is open to world trade), land taxes increase aggregate economic output. There is a complex interplay of conservation policy, technological change and land taxes, depending on consumer preferences, sectoral labor productivities and openness-to-trade. Our model introduces a new perspective on land taxes in current policy debates on development, tax reforms as well as forest conservation.}, language = {en} } @article{GuentherLeopoldMendling2016, author = {G{\"u}nther, Oliver and Leopold, Henrik and Mendling, Jan}, title = {Learning from quality issues of BPMN models from industry}, series = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings}, volume = {1701}, journal = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings}, issn = {1613-0073}, pages = {36 -- 38}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Many organizations use business process models for documenting their business operations. In recent years, the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) evolved into the leading standard for process modeling. However, BPMN is complex: The specification offers a huge variety of different elements and often several representational choices for the same semantics. This raises the question of how well modelers can deal with these choices. Empirical insights into BPMN usage from the perspective of practitioners are still missing. We close this gap by analyzing a large set of BPMN 2.0 process models from practice. We found that particularly representational choices for splits and joins, the correct use of message flow, the proper decomposition of models, and the consistent labeling appear to be connected with quality issues. Based on our findings we give five recommendations how these issues can be avoided in the future. The work summarized in this extended abstract has been published in [LMG16].}, language = {en} } @article{GuentherLeopoldMendling2016, author = {G{\"u}nther, Oliver and Leopold, Henrik and Mendling, Jan}, title = {Learning from quality issues of BPMN models from industry}, series = {IEEE Software}, volume = {33}, journal = {IEEE Software}, number = {4}, publisher = {Inst. of Electr. and Electronics Engineers}, address = {Los Alamitos}, issn = {0740-7459}, doi = {10.1109/MS.2015.81}, pages = {26 -- 33}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Many organizations use business process models to document business operations and formalize business requirements in software-engineering projects. The Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), a specification by the Object Management Group, has evolved into the leading standard for process modeling. One challenge is BPMN's complexity: it offers a huge variety of elements and often several representational choices for the same semantics. This raises the question of how well modelers can deal with these choices. Empirical insights into BPMN use from the practitioners' perspective are still missing. To close this gap, researchers analyzed 585 BPMN 2.0 process models from six companies. They found that split and join representations, message flow, the lack of proper model decomposition, and labeling related to quality issues. They give five specific recommendations on how to avoid these issues.}, language = {en} } @misc{VogelKroll2016, author = {Vogel, Dominik and Kroll, Alexander}, title = {The Stability and Change of PSM-related Values across Time}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-397783}, pages = {29}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This article is a response to calls in prior research that we need more longitudi-nal analyses to better understand the foundations of PSM and related prosocial values. There is wide agreement that it is crucial for theory-building but also for tailoring hiring practices and human resource development programs to sort out whether PSM-related values are stable or developable. The article summarizes existent theoretical expecta-tions, which turn out to be partially conflicting, and tests them against multiple waves of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study which covers a time period of sixteen years. It finds that PSM-related values of public employees are stable rather than dynamic but tend to increase with age and decrease with organizational member-ship. The article also examines cohort effects, which have been neglected in prior work, and finds moderate evidence that there are differences between those born during the Second World War and later generations.}, language = {en} } @book{Şener2016, author = {Şener, Ula{\c{s}}}, title = {Die Neutralit{\"a}tstheorie des Geldes}, edition = {2., durchgesehene Aufl.}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-344-2}, issn = {2197-8069}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-83164}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {v, 87}, year = {2016}, abstract = {{\"O}konomen wie Wirtschaftspolitiker berufen sich auf die Neutralit{\"a}tstheorie des Geldes, wenn sie eine Entpolitisierung der Geldpolitik fordern. Sowohl die Theorie der Geldneutralit{\"a}t als auch das Paradigma der Entpolitisierung der Geldpolitik sind jedoch problematisch. Die polit{\"o}konomischen Entwicklungen nach der globalen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2007/2008 und die j{\"u}ngsten Kontroversen {\"u}ber die Rolle und Bedeutung von Geld haben dies deutlich vor Augen gef{\"u}hrt. Die vorliegende Arbeit diskutiert zun{\"a}chst die konzeptionellen Grundlagen und theoretischen Modelle der Geldneutralit{\"a}t. Anschließend werden die zentralen theoretischen Annahmen und Aussagen der Neutralit{\"a}tstheorie aus einer kritischen heterodoxen Perspektive hinterfragt. Es wird argumentiert, dass Geld eine nicht-neutrale Produktionskraft ist, die weder {\"o}konomisch noch sozial neutral ist. Die Bedingungen, unter denen Geld verf{\"u}gbar ist und zirkuliert, sind richtungsweisend f{\"u}r die {\"o}konomische Entwicklung. Daher kann es auch kein neutrales Geld oder gar eine apolitische Geldpolitik geben.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Şener2016, author = {Şener, Ula{\c{s}}}, title = {Die relative Autonomie der Zentralbank}, series = {Potsdam Economic Studies}, volume = {5}, journal = {Potsdam Economic Studies}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-362-6}, issn = {2196-8691}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-88856}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xvii, 375}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Politik der Zentralbankunabh{\"a}ngigkeit (ZBU) am Beispiel der T{\"u}rkei. Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit stehen theoretische und empirische Fragen und Probleme, die sich im Zusammenhang mit der ZBU stellen und anhand der t{\"u}rkischen Geldpolitik diskutiert werden. Ein zentrales Ziel der Arbeit besteht darin, zu untersuchen, ob und inwiefern die t{\"u}rkische Zentralbank nach Erlangung der de jure institutionellen Unabh{\"a}ngigkeit tats{\"a}chlich als unabh{\"a}ngig und entpolitisiert eingestuft werden kann. Um diese Forschungsfrage zu beantworten, werden die institutionellen Bedingungen, die Ziele und die Regeln, nach denen sich die t{\"u}rkische Geldpolitik richtet, gekl{\"a}rt. Anschließend wird empirisch {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft, ob die geldpolitische Praxis der CBRT sich an dem offiziell vorgegebenen Regelwerk orientiert. Die Hauptthese dieser Arbeit lautet, dass die formelle Unabh{\"a}ngigkeit der CBRT und die regelorientierte Geldpolitik nicht mit einer Entpolitisierung der Geldpolitik in der T{\"u}rkei gleichzusetzen ist. Als Alternative schl{\"a}gt die vorliegende Studie vor, den institutionellen Status der CBRT als einen der relativen Autonomie zu untersuchen. Auch eine de jure unabh{\"a}ngige Zentralbank kann sich nicht von politischen Eingriffen abkoppeln, wie das Fallbeispiel T{\"u}rkei zeigen wird.}, language = {de} } @book{Brekhov2016, author = {Brekhov, Boryslav}, title = {Demokratischer Wirtschaftsfrieden}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-380-0}, issn = {2197-8069}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-94726}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Diese empirische Studie untersucht den Einfluss der Staatsform auf den Einsatz und das Ausmaß von Wirtschaftssanktionen unter Verwendung von Regressionsanalysen. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf ein friedliches Wirtschaftsverh{\"a}ltnis zwischen den Demokratien hin. Die bisherige Forschung hat den demokratischen Wirtschaftsfrieden mithilfe der institutionellen Theorie erkl{\"a}rt, die das Sanktionsverhalten auf ein rationalistisches Kosten-Nutzen-Kalk{\"u}l zur{\"u}ckf{\"u}hrt. Demgegen{\"u}ber vertritt die konstruktivistische Theorie die Auffassung, dass die friedvollere Konfliktbew{\"a}ltigung unter Demokratien auf die Ausbildung einer gemeinsamen Identit{\"a}t, sowie auf gemeinsame Werte und Normen zur{\"u}ckzuf{\"u}hren sei.}, language = {de} } @article{Fischer2016, author = {Fischer, Caroline}, title = {Traineeprogramme als innovative Form der Nachwuchsausbildung im {\"o}ffentlichen Dienst}, series = {Verwaltung \& Management : VM ; Zeitschrift f{\"u}r moderne Verwaltung}, volume = {22}, journal = {Verwaltung \& Management : VM ; Zeitschrift f{\"u}r moderne Verwaltung}, number = {5}, publisher = {Nomos-Verl.-Ges.}, address = {Baden-Baden}, issn = {0947-9856}, doi = {10.5771/0947-9856-2016-5-250}, pages = {250 -- 262}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Traineeprogramme k{\"o}nnen im {\"o}ffentlichen Dienst zur Rekrutierung und Ausbildung von Nachwuchskr{\"a}ften dienen. Solche Programme werden, im Gegensatz zur Privatwirtschaft, wo diese schon seit einigen Jahrzehnten Anwendung finden, im deutschen {\"o}ffentlichen Dienst erst seit einigen Jahren durchgef{\"u}hrt. Eine erste empirische Erhebung zeigt nun, dass Traineeprogramme im {\"o}ffentlichen Sektor gut geeignet sind, um Nachwuchskr{\"a}fte auszubilden und in der Organisation zu sozialisieren. Als entscheidende Einflussfaktoren konnten eine klare Struktur des Programms, ein effektives off-the-job Training, bereichs{\"u}bergreifende Projektarbeit, der Umfang der Betreuung der Trainees und der Einsatz der jeweiligen Beh{\"o}rdenleitung f{\"u}r das Programm identifiziert werden. Deutlich wurde auch, dass w{\"a}hrend der Einf{\"u}hrung eines Traineeprogramms die Trainee-Betreuer entsprechend vorbereitet werden m{\"u}ssen und in den Beh{\"o}rden Akzeptanz f{\"u}r diese neue Form der Nachwuchsgewinnung geschaffen werden muss (Change Management). Die Ergebnisse zeigen jedoch ebenso, dass sich solche Programme nicht zur Personalentwicklung bereits Besch{\"a}ftigter eignen.}, language = {de} } @article{BaumannKritikos2016, author = {Baumann, Julian and Kritikos, Alexander}, title = {The link between R\&D, innovation and productivity: Are micro firms different?}, series = {Research Policy}, volume = {45}, journal = {Research Policy}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0048-7333}, doi = {10.1016/j.respol.2016.03.008}, pages = {1263 -- 1274}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We analyze the link between R\&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer than 10 employees; usually constituting the majority of firms in industrialized economies. Using the German KfW SME-panel, we examine to what extent micro firms are different from other firms in terms of innovativeness. We find that while firms engage in innovative activities with smaller probability, the smaller they are, for those firms that do make such investment, R\&D intensity is larger the smaller firms are. For all MSMEs, the predicted R\&D intensity is positively correlated with the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase their labor productivity. Overall, the link between R\&D, innovation, and productivity in micro firms does not largely differ from their larger counterparts. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{KritikosTan2016, author = {Kritikos, Alexander and Tan, Jonathan H. W.}, title = {Influence in the face of impunity}, series = {Economics letters}, volume = {141}, journal = {Economics letters}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {0165-1765}, doi = {10.1016/j.econlet.2016.02.020}, pages = {119 -- 121}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We compare dictator and impunity games. In impunity games, responders can reject offers but to no payoff consequence to proposers. Because proposers act under impunity, we should expect the same behavior across games, but experimentally observed behavior varies. Responders indeed exercise the rejection option. This threat psychologically influences proposers. Some proposers avoid rejection by offering nothing. Others raise offers, but only when they receive feedback from responders. Responders lose this influence in the absence of feedback. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{SeegebarthPeyerBalderjahnetal.2016, author = {Seegebarth, Barbara and Peyer, Mathias and Balderjahn, Ingo and Wiedmann, Klaus-Peter}, title = {The Sustainability Roots of Anticonsumption Lifestyles and Initial}, series = {The Journal of consumer affairs}, volume = {50}, journal = {The Journal of consumer affairs}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0022-0078}, doi = {10.1111/joca.12077}, pages = {68 -- 99}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This article introduces the concept of sustainability-rooted anticonsumption (SRAC), which refers to consumers' anticonsumption practices of voluntary simplicity in living and, on a smaller level, collaborative consumption and boycotting with the goal of supporting sustainable economic development. The SRAC measurement approach is validated based on three empirical studies. Results of a representative German sample (Study 2) reveal that SRAC is predominantly negatively linked to consumer overconsumption dispositions. Exemplary, voluntary simplification and boycott intention may result in declining levels of indebtedness. Study 3 shows that psychosocial well-being is positively related to SRAC and overconsumption. However, a simplified lifestyle and a greater willingness to boycott are not necessarily associated with psychosocial well-being. This article provides insights for practitioners and policymakers to leverage existing SRAC values via "new" business models (sharing offers) or to influence the existing level of consciousness to effectively pave the way for solid progress in the sustainability movement.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Baumann2016, author = {Baumann, Julian}, title = {Four essays in innovation and industrial economics}, pages = {i-xii, 123, xiv-xxvii}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Vogel2016, author = {Vogel, Dominik}, title = {F{\"u}hrung im {\"o}ffentlichen Sektor}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-363-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-89214}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XV, 256}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit F{\"u}hrungsverhalten im {\"o}ffentlichen Sektor sowie mit Einflussfaktoren auf dieses F{\"u}hrungsverhalten. Hierzu wurde eine Taxonomie, bestehend aus sechs Metakategorien von F{\"u}hrungsverhalten, entwickelt. Die Metakategorien umfassen Aufgaben-, Beziehungs-, Ver{\"a}nderungs-, Außen-, Ethik- und Sachbearbeitungsorientierung. Eine Analyse von Umfragedaten, die f{\"u}r diese Arbeit bei Mitarbeitern und unteren F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}ften dreier Beh{\"o}rden erhoben wurden, zeigt, dass diese Taxonomie sehr gut geeignet ist, die F{\"u}hrungsrealit{\"a}t in der {\"o}ffentlichen Verwaltung abzubilden. Eine deskriptive Auswertung der Daten zeigt außerdem, dass es eine relativ große Differenz zwischen der Selbsteinsch{\"a}tzung der F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte und der Fremdeinsch{\"a}tzung durch ihre Mitarbeiter gibt. Diese Differenz ist bei der Beziehungs- und Ver{\"a}nderungsorientierung besonders hoch. Der deskriptiven Auswertung schließt sich eine Analyse von Einflussfaktoren auf das F{\"u}hrungsverhalten an. Die Einflussfaktoren k{\"o}nnen den vier Kategorien "Charakteristika und Eigenschaften der F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte", "Erwartungen und Interesse von Vorgesetzten", "Charakteristika und Einstellungen von Gef{\"u}hrten" und "Managementinstrumente und -rahmenbedingungen" zugeordnet werden. Eine Analyse mit Hilfe von hierarchischen linearen Modellen zeigt, dass vor allem die F{\"u}hrungsmotivation und die Managementorientierung der F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte, die Gemeinwohlorientierung und die Art der Aufgabe der Gef{\"u}hrten sowie die strategische F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fteauswahl und die Leistungsmessung durch die F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte anhand konkreter Ziele einen Einfluss auf das F{\"u}hrungsverhalten haben. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit erg{\"a}nzen die Literatur zu F{\"u}hrungsverhalten im {\"o}ffentlichen Sektor um die Perspektive der Einflussfaktoren auf das F{\"u}hrungsverhalten und leisten zus{\"a}tzlich mit Hilfe der verwendeten Taxonomie einen Beitrag zur theoretischen Diskussion von F{\"u}hrungsverhalten in der Public-Management-Forschung. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus bieten die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse der Verwaltungspraxis Hinweise zu relevanten Einflussfaktoren auf das F{\"u}hrungsverhalten sowie auf beachtliche Differenzen zwischen Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung des F{\"u}hrungsverhaltens.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Imelauer2016, author = {Imelauer, Gregor}, title = {Recruitment Process Outsourcing}, series = {Unternehmerisches Personalmanagement}, journal = {Unternehmerisches Personalmanagement}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-12772-5}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {231}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Gregor Imelauer untersucht, wie vor dem Hintergrund von Globalisierung, Digitalisierung und Hyperspezialisierung eine wettbewerbsf{\"a}hige HR-Organisation aussehen kann. Er zeigt, wie sich die Personalauswahl als einer der personalwirtschaftlichen Kernprozesse intelligent sourcen l{\"a}sst, so dass nicht nur Kostenkriterien, sondern auch langfristig-strategische Implikationen Ber{\"u}cksichtigung finden. Grundlage der Untersuchung bilden 15 Interviews mit Top-Managern aus dem Personalwesen deutscher Großunternehmen sowie mit namhaften Organisationsberatern. Der Autor erarbeitet kritische Erfolgsfaktoren und konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen f{\"u}r das Sourcing personalwirtschaftlicher Prozesse und eine Personalarbeit im Netzwerk.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Lormes2016, author = {Lormes, Ivo}, title = {Kommunalisierung der Energieversorgung}, publisher = {Wiesbaden}, address = {Springer}, isbn = {978-3-658-13318-4}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {368}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Ivo Lormes zeigt, dass der Kommunalisierungstrend in der Energieversorgung als Indikator eines zukunftsgerichteten Zeitalterskommunal(-energie-)wirtschaftlicher Bet{\"a}tigung gedeutet werden kann. Die sich dabei manifestierende neue Qualit{\"a}t institutioneller Arrangements interpretiert er als Indiz f{\"u}r eine ‚Gew{\"a}hrleistungskommune 2.0'. Neben einer Analyse der seit 2005 in Deutschland erfolgten Stadtwerke-Gr{\"u}ndungen werden in seinem Buch erstmals die im Rahmen dieser Kommunalisierungen ablaufenden politischen Prozesse fallstudienvergleichend untersucht. Dadurch wird eine systematische Ermittlung der Einflussfaktoren zu der Frage erm{\"o}glicht, warum manche Kommunen ihre Energieversorgung kommunalisieren und andere nicht.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Winckler2016, author = {Winckler, Konrad}, title = {Unternehmer in den politischen Theorien der B{\"u}rgerschaft}, series = {Region Nation Europa ; 79}, journal = {Region Nation Europa ; 79}, publisher = {LIT}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-643-13404-2}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {372}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Ist Unternehmensethik nach angloamerikanischem Vorbild die Antwort auf die Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts Viele Unternehmen versuchen Corporate Social Responsibility zu etablieren, um den Anspr{\"u}chen der Zivilgesellschaft gerecht zu werden. Aber sind Ethik und Verantwortung messbar und skalierbar - und damit wirtschaftlich sinnvoll Hat die Soziale Marktwirtschaft im Zuge der Denationalisierung und Globalisierung ausgedient Ein Vergleich von sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Theorien verschafft Klarheit.}, language = {de} } @article{GrossiReichardRuggiero2016, author = {Grossi, Giuseppe and Reichard, Christoph and Ruggiero, Pasquale}, title = {Appropriateness and Use of Performance Information in the Budgeting Process: Some Experiences from German and Italian Municipalities}, series = {Sports medicine}, volume = {39}, journal = {Sports medicine}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1530-9576}, doi = {10.1080/15309576.2015.1137770}, pages = {581 -- 606}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This article contributes to the debate on the use of performance information in the context of public sector performance management. Based on case studies, the authors analyze the appropriateness of the performance information provided in the newly established performance budgets of municipalities in Germany and Italy. They also examine the interest of politicians and senior managers in using such information for decision-making and monitoring within the municipal budget cycle. They find that the use of performance information is generally quite modest, and that the interest of different local actors varies to a great extent. Politicians are generally less interested in such information than top managers, particularly chief financial officers. The results are discussed by applying a theoretical framework based on institutional and legitimacy theories, and are compared with the literature on performance information use.}, language = {en} } @article{Reichard2016, author = {Reichard, Christoph}, title = {Can training help to make politicians more active users of performance information?}, series = {Bio-medical materials and engineering : an international journal}, volume = {36}, journal = {Bio-medical materials and engineering : an international journal}, publisher = {IOS Press}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0954-0962}, doi = {10.1080/09540962.2016.1237119}, pages = {481 -- 482}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Mueller2016, author = {M{\"u}ller, Maximilian}, title = {Organisationsmodelle f{\"u}r Beschaffung, Betrieb und Finanzierung von Lufttransportkapazit{\"a}ten in der internationalen Katastrophenhilfe}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-101021}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {ix, 229}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die Dissertation befasst sich mit der Organisation von humanit{\"a}ren Lufttransporten bei internationalen Katastrophen. Diese Fl{\"u}ge finden immer dann statt, wenn die eigene Hilfeleistungsf{\"a}higkeit der von Katastrophen betroffenen Regionen {\"u}berfordert ist und Hilfe aus dem Ausland angefordert wird. Bei jedem der darauffolgenden Hilfseins{\"a}tze stehen Hilfsorganisationen und weitere mit der Katastrophenhilfe beteiligte Akteure erneut vor der Herausforderung, in k{\"u}rzester Zeit eine logistische Kette aufzubauen, damit die G{\"u}ter zum richtigen Zeitpunkt in der richtigen Menge am richtigen Ort eintreffen. Humanit{\"a}re Lufttransporte werden in der Regel als Charterfl{\"u}ge organisiert und finden auf langen Strecken zu Zielen statt, die nicht selten abseits der hochfrequentierten Warenstr{\"o}me liegen. Am Markt ist das Angebot f{\"u}r derartige Transportdienstleistungen nicht gesichert verf{\"u}gbar und unter Umst{\"a}nden m{\"u}ssen Hilfsorganisationen warten bis Kapazit{\"a}ten mit geeigneten Flugzeugen zur Verf{\"u}gung stehen. Auch qualitativ sind die Anforderungen von Hilfsorganisationen an die Hilfsg{\"u}tertransporte h{\"o}her als im regul{\"a}ren Linientransport. Im Rahmen der Dissertation wird ein alternatives Organisationsmodell f{\"u}r die Beschaffung und den Betrieb sowie die Finanzierung von humanit{\"a}ren Lufttransporten aufgebaut. Dabei wird die gesicherte Verf{\"u}gbarkeit von besonders flexibel einsetzbaren Flugzeugen in Betracht gezogen, mit deren Hilfe die Qualit{\"a}t und insbesondere die Planbarkeit der Hilfeleistung verbessert werden k{\"o}nnte. Ein idealtypisches Modell wird hier durch die Kopplung der Kollektivg{\"u}tertheorie, die der Finanzwissenschaft zuzuordnen ist, mit der Vertragstheorie als Bestandteil der Neuen Institutionen{\"o}konomik erarbeitet. Empirische Beitr{\"a}ge zur Vertragstheorie bem{\"a}ngeln, dass es bei der Beschaffung von transaktionsspezifischen Investitionsg{\"u}tern, wie etwa Flugzeugen mit besonderen Eigenschaften, aufgrund von Risiken und Umweltunsicherheiten zu ineffizienten L{\"o}sungen zwischen Vertragspartnern kommt. Die vorliegende Dissertation zeigt eine M{\"o}glichkeit auf, wie durch Aufbau einer gemeinsamen Informationsbasis ex-ante, also vor Vertragsschluss, Risiken und Umweltunsicherheiten reduziert werden k{\"o}nnen. Dies geschieht durch eine temporale Erweiterung eines empirischen Modells zur Bestimmung der Organisationsform bei transaktionsspezifischen Investitionsg{\"u}tern aus der Regulierungs{\"o}konomik. Die Arbeitet leistet dar{\"u}ber hinaus einen Beitrag zur Steigerung der Effizienz in der humanit{\"a}ren Logistik durch die fallspezifische Betrachtung von horizontalen Kooperationen und Professionalisierung der Hilfeleistung im Bereich der humanit{\"a}ren Luftfahrt.}, language = {de} } @book{Schinck2016, author = {Schinck, Kai Philipp}, title = {Erfolgsfaktor Qualit{\"a}tsmanagement? Die effektive Implementierung von Qualit{\"a}tsmanagementsystemen in {\"o}ffentlichen Organisationen}, issn = {2190-4561}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-400520}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {54}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Diese Arbeit ist im Bereich des Qualit{\"a}tsmanagements (QM) in {\"o}ffentlichen Organisationen zu verorten. Sie fragt konkret, welche Faktoren eine effektive Implementierung des QM-Systems Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in Deutschen Bundesbeh{\"o}rden beeinflussen. Auf der Basis des soziologischen Neo-Institutionalismus wurden Hypothesen zu m{\"o}glichen Einflussfaktoren aufgestellt. Im Rahmen einer systematischen Fallauswahl wurden folgende Organisationen untersucht: das Bundeskartellamt, das Bundeszentralamt f{\"u}r Steuern sowie die Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. F{\"u}r den empirischen Teil dieser Arbeit wurden halbstrukturierte Leitfadeninterviews mit Experten der ausgew{\"a}hlten Organisationen gef{\"u}hrt. Im Rahmen einer qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse wurden diese dann ausgewertet und mit einer „cross case synthesis" nach Yin (2014) anschließend theoriegeleitet analysiert. Es lassen sich letztendlich drei entscheidende Bedingungen f{\"u}r eine effektive CAF-Implementierung in Bundesbeh{\"o}rden ableiten: Zum einen die formale Unterst{\"u}tzung der jeweiligen Hausleitung, die eine aktive Rolle innerhalb des CAF-Projektes einnimmt und dabei auch alle mittleren F{\"u}hrungsspitzen zielf{\"u}hrend mit einbinden sollte, beispielsweise durch die {\"U}bernahme der QM-Projektleitung. Zum anderen ist es f{\"u}r eine zielkoh{\"a}rente Handlungsweise aller Organisationsmitgliedern vonn{\"o}ten, die verschiedenen Steuerungsinstrumente im Rahmen einer mittelfristigen Gesamtstrategie miteinander zu verzahnen und so formal zu institutionalisieren. Außerdem ist die formale Institutionalisierung einer QM-Einheit, nahe der Hausleitung außerhalb der Fachabteilungen angesiedelt, zu empfehlen. Es hat sich im Rahmen der untersuchten Fallbeispiele gezeigt, dass diese Einheiten ein gr{\"o}ßeres Potential aufweisen, sich zu QM- und CAF-Kompetenzzentren zu entwickeln und unn{\"o}tige Arbeiten, die das CAF-Engagement der Mitarbeiterschaft schm{\"a}lern w{\"u}rden, von eben jener fernzuhalten. Durch diese Ergebnisse konnte die Arbeit zwei entscheidende Beitr{\"a}ge leisten: Die Forschungslandkarte der QM- und CAF-Forschung in {\"o}ffentlichen Organisationen wies, speziell auf Bundesebene, vorab verschiedenste weiße Flecken auf, die von dieser Arbeit teilweise gef{\"u}llt werden konnten. Zum anderen ist es auf Basis dieser Forschungsarbeit nun m{\"o}glich, Verwaltungspraktikern konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen an die Hand zu geben, wenn diese erstmals CAF in ihrer Organisation implementieren m{\"o}chten oder bei einer schon erfolgten Einf{\"u}hrung des QM-Instruments nachsteuern m{\"o}chten.}, language = {de} } @book{Marienfeldt2016, author = {Marienfeldt, Justine}, title = {Qualit{\"a}tsmanagement in Nonprofit-Organisationen}, series = {Schriftenreihe f{\"u}r Public und Nonprofit Management}, journal = {Schriftenreihe f{\"u}r Public und Nonprofit Management}, issn = {2190-4561}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-408877}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {I, 30}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit besch{\"a}ftigt sich mit Qualit{\"a}tsmanagementsystemen in Nonprofit-Organisationen. Sie stellt dabei das Spannungsfeld verschiedener Akteursinteressen innerhalb von Nonprofit-Organisationen in den Vordergrund. Dies erfolgt anhand des mikropolitischen Ansatzes, der allen Akteuren innerhalb einer Organisation eigene Interessen zugesteht, die sie durch Taktiken und Strategien in Machtk{\"a}mpfen versuchen durchzusetzen. Untersucht wird der Prozess der Entstehung und Evaluation von konkreten Maßnahmen, den sogenannten Qualit{\"a}tszielen, und den Einfluss von p{\"a}dagogischen Mitarbeitenden auf deren Formulierung. Dies erfolgt anhand einer Einzelfallstudie. Mithilfe von qualitativen Interviews wurde untersucht, inwieweit p{\"a}dagogische Mitarbeitende die Einflussm{\"o}glichkeiten des Qualit{\"a}tsmanagementsystems zur strategischen Organisationsentwicklung und Durchsetzung eigener Interessen nutzen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass es zwei Typen von Mitarbeitenden gibt, aktive und passive, die entweder einen Machtgewinn oder -verlust erleben. Aufgrund der kooperativen Art der Kommunikation und Entscheidungsfindung sowie kaum divergierenden Interessen zwischen den verschiedenen Akteuren bleiben die vorhandenen Einflussm{\"o}glichkeiten im Sinne von organisationsinternen Machtk{\"a}mpfen und mikropolitischen Taktiken bisher jedoch weitestgehend ungenutzt. Diese Falleigenschaften erkl{\"a}ren, wieso der mikropolitische Ansatz bei der Analyse nicht zu den antizipierten Resultaten gef{\"u}hrt hat.}, language = {de} } @book{Birk2016, author = {Birk, Dolores}, title = {Mikrofinanzinstitutionen und ihre soziale Performance - eine Literaturdiskussion}, series = {Schriftenreihe f{\"u}r Public und Nonprofit Management}, journal = {Schriftenreihe f{\"u}r Public und Nonprofit Management}, issn = {2190-4561}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-410856}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {III, 44}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit besch{\"a}ftigt sich mit dem Einfluss der Organisationsform von Mikrofinanzinstitutionen (MFIs) auf deren soziale Performance. In diesem Kontext wird die soziale Performance als die direkte {\"U}bersetzung der sozialen Mission der MFIs in die Praxis verstanden. Konkret wird die soziale Performance der zwei Organisationsformen Shareholder Owned Firm (SOF) sowie Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) betrachtet und verglichen. Dieser Vergleich st{\"u}tzt sich auf die in der Fachwelt h{\"a}ufig vertretene Annahme, dass NGO MFIs eine h{\"o}here soziale Performance aufweisen als SOF MFIs, da sie dem Nonprofit-Sektor zugeschrieben werden k{\"o}nnen. Die bis dato vorhandenen relevanten empirischen Forschungen zu dem Thema werden anhand einer Literaturdiskussion analysiert. Bislang existiert nur eine relativ geringe Anzahl an empirischen Forschungen in diesem Themenfeld, da die Erforschung der sozialen Performance von MFIs ein recht neues Forschungsgebiet darstellt. Die Ergebnisse der Literaturdiskussion verdeutlichen zudem, dass hinsichtlich des Einflusses der Organisationsform von MFIs auf deren soziale Performance keine eindeutige Aussage getroffen werden kann, da die betrachteten Studien zu unterschiedlichen Resultaten kommen. Die Ergebnisse deuten jedoch darauf hin, dass in einigen geografischen Regionen der Welt NGO MFIs eine bessere soziale Performance aufweisen als SOF MFIs. Insgesamt liefert die Arbeit einen wichtigen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber den Forschungsstand auf diesem Forschungsgebiet und deckt diverse Forschungsl{\"u}cken auf, welche in zuk{\"u}nftigen Untersuchungen ber{\"u}cksichtigt werden sollten.}, language = {de} }