@book{Dieter2017, author = {Dieter, Heribert}, title = {Globalisierung {\`a} la carte}, series = {Bundeszentrale f{\"u}r Politische Bildung: Schriftenreihe ; Band 10146}, journal = {Bundeszentrale f{\"u}r Politische Bildung: Schriftenreihe ; Band 10146}, publisher = {Bundeszentrale f{\"u}r politische Bildung}, address = {Bonn}, isbn = {978-3-7425-0146-2}, pages = {263}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{HaileKalkuhlAlgierietal.2017, author = {Haile, Mekbib Gebretsadik and Kalkuhl, Matthias and Algieri, Bernardina and Gebreselassie, Samuel}, title = {Price shock transmission}, series = {Agricultural economics}, volume = {48}, journal = {Agricultural economics}, number = {6}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0169-5150}, doi = {10.1111/agec.12373}, pages = {769 -- 780}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This study assesses the degree of vertical price transmission along the wheat-bread value chain in Ethiopia. This is pursued by applying a vector error correction model and an impulse response analysis using monthly price data for the period 2000-2015. Our analysis considers transmission of price shocks across different market levels, including from the international and domestic wheat grain markets at the upstream to the domestic wheat bread market at the downstream of the value chain. The empirical findings indicate that significant cointegration exists across prices of the different market stages. There is a transmission from international prices to domestic prices at downstream markets, in particular to flour and bread prices. Prices at upstream markets are largely influenced by the domestic wholesale market. In general, the speed of adjustment is quite slow with a half-life of about one year for restoring the equilibrium price relationship. As price margins between the different market stages in the value chain have substantially decreased in the last 15 years, higher transmission, and thus exposure to international market shocks, can be expected in the future. The results also show that causal relationships exist between prices at different market stageswith the wholesale market identified as the key market level where prices and price expectations are formed.}, language = {en} } @article{EggersLovelaceKraft2017, author = {Eggers, Fabian and Lovelace, Kathi J. and Kraft, Frederik}, title = {Fostering creativity through critical thinking: The case of business start-up simulations}, series = {Creativity and innovation management}, volume = {26}, journal = {Creativity and innovation management}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0963-1690}, doi = {10.1111/caim.12225}, pages = {266 -- 276}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Research suggests a positive link between critical thinking and creativity. However, this relationship has not been measured in an empirical study. This study aims to explore whether critical thinking can serve to enhance creativity and whether creativity positively mediates the relationship between critical thinking and business performance. In this study, we analyse these relationships within the entrepreneurial context of a web-based business start-up simulation. We examined data from 26 teams of three to four senior business students and found partial support for our hypotheses. Critical thinking positively influenced creativity, measured as the total number of unique product designs. Creativity (unique product designs) also positively mediated the link between critical thinking and performance. This effect, however, did not exist when creativity was assessed through advertisement designs. This research contributes to entrepreneurship and innovation management by demonstrating the importance of critical thinking as a basis for creativity and testing this relationship in a business start-up simulation context.}, language = {en} } @article{XiangGaoCaietal.2017, author = {Xiang, Hai and Gao, Jianqiang and Cai, Dawei and Luo, Yunbing and Yu, Baoquan and Liu, Langqing and Liu, Ranran and Zhou, Hui and Chen, Xiaoyong and Dun, Weitao and Wang, Xi and Hofreiter, Michael and Zhao, Xingbo}, title = {Origin and dispersal of early domestic pigs in northern China}, series = {Scientific reports}, volume = {7}, journal = {Scientific reports}, publisher = {Nature Publ. Group}, address = {London}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-06056-8}, pages = {9}, year = {2017}, abstract = {It is widely accepted that modern pigs were domesticated independently at least twice, and Chinese native pigs are deemed as direct descendants of the first domesticated pigs in the corresponding domestication centers. By analyzing mitochondrial DNA sequences of an extensive sample set spanning 10,000 years, we find that the earliest pigs from the middle Yellow River region already carried the maternal lineages that are dominant in both younger archaeological populations and modern Chinese pigs. Our data set also supports early Neolithic pig utilization and a long-term in situ origin for northeastern Chinese pigs during 8,000-3,500 BP, suggesting a possibly independent domestication in northeast China. Additionally, we observe a genetic replacement in ancient northeast Chinese pigs since 3,500 BP. The results not only provide increasing evidence for pig origin in the middle Yellow River region but also depict an outline for the process of early pig domestication in northeast China.}, language = {en} } @article{HickmannFuhrHoehneetal.2017, author = {Hickmann, Thomas and Fuhr, Harald and H{\"o}hne, Chris and Lederer, Markus and Stehle, Fee}, title = {Carbon Governance Arrangements and the Nation-State: The Reconfiguration of Public Authority in Developing Countries}, series = {Public administration and development}, volume = {37}, journal = {Public administration and development}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0271-2075}, doi = {10.1002/pad.1814}, pages = {331 -- 343}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Several scholars concerned with global policy-making have recently pointed to a reconfiguration of authority in the area of climate politics. They have shown that various new carbon governance arrangements have emerged, which operate simultaneously at different governmental levels. However, despite the numerous descriptions and mapping exercises of these governance arrangements, we have little systematic knowledge on their workings within national jurisdictions, let alone about their impact on public-administrative systems in developing countries. Therefore, this article opens the black box of the nation-state and explores how and to what extent two different arrangements, that is, Transnational City Networks and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, generate changes in the distribution of public authority in nation-states and their administrations. Building upon conceptual assumptions that the former is likely to lead to more decentralized, and the latter to more centralized policy-making, we provide insights from case studies in Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil, and India. In a nutshell, our analysis underscores that Transnational City Networks strengthen climate-related actions taken by cities without ultimately decentralizing climate policy-making. On the other hand, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation tends to reinforce the competencies of central governments, but apparently does not generate a recentralization of the forestry sector at large.}, language = {en} } @misc{Şener2017, author = {Şener, Ula{\c{s}}}, title = {Rodrik, Dani (2015): Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science / rezensiert von Ula{\c{s}} Şener}, series = {European journal of economics and economic policies : intervention ; EJEEP}, volume = {14}, journal = {European journal of economics and economic policies : intervention ; EJEEP}, publisher = {Elgar}, address = {Cheltenham}, issn = {2052-7764}, doi = {10.4337/ejeep.2017.03.08}, pages = {375 -- 377}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{SchuetzeFuerstMielkeetal.2017, author = {Sch{\"u}tze, Franziska and F{\"u}rst, Steffen and Mielke, Jahel and Steudle, Gesine A. and Wolf, Sarah and J{\"a}ger, Carlo C.}, title = {The Role of Sustainable Investment in Climate Policy}, series = {Sustainability}, volume = {9}, journal = {Sustainability}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2071-1050}, doi = {10.3390/su9122221}, pages = {19}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals requires a fundamental socio-economic transformation accompanied by substantial investment in low-carbon infrastructure. Such a sustainability transition represents a non-marginal change, driven by behavioral factors and systemic interactions. However, typical economic models used to assess a sustainability transition focus on marginal changes around a local optimum, whichby constructionlead to negative effects. Thus, these models do not allow evaluating a sustainability transition that might have substantial positive effects. This paper examines which mechanisms need to be included in a standard computable general equilibrium model to overcome these limitations and to give a more comprehensive view of the effects of climate change mitigation. Simulation results show that, given an ambitious greenhouse gas emission constraint and a price of carbon, positive economic effects are possible if (1) technical progress results (partly) endogenously from the model and (2) a policy intervention triggering an increase of investment is introduced. Additionally, if (3) the investment behavior of firms is influenced by their sales expectations, the effects are amplified. The results provide suggestions for policy-makers, because the outcome indicates that investment-oriented climate policies can lead to more desirable outcomes in economic, social and environmental terms.}, language = {en} } @article{CaliendoKuennMahlstedt2017, author = {Caliendo, Marco and K{\"u}nn, Steffen and Mahlstedt, Robert}, title = {The return to labor market mobility}, series = {Journal of Public Economics}, volume = {148}, journal = {Journal of Public Economics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {0047-2727}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.02.008}, pages = {136 -- 151}, year = {2017}, abstract = {In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. In order to counteract the geographical mismatch of workers, the German active labor market policy offers a subsidy covering moving costs to incentivize unemployed job seekers to search/accept jobs in distant regions. Based on administrative data, this study provides the first empirical evidence on the impact of this subsidy on participants' prospective labor market outcomes. We use an instrumental variable approach to take endogenous selection based on observed and unobserved characteristics into account when estimating causal treatment effects. We find that unemployed job seekers who participate in the subsidy program and move to a distant region receive higher wages and find more stable jobs compared to non-participants. We show that the positive effects are (to a large extent) the consequence of a better job match due to the increased search radius of participants.}, language = {en} } @article{LangeSchumacherSvorencik2017, author = {Lange, Jerome and Schumacher, Reinhard and Svorencik, Andrej}, title = {From antiquity to modern macro}, series = {History of economic ideas}, volume = {25}, journal = {History of economic ideas}, number = {2}, publisher = {Fabrizio Serra Editore}, address = {Pisa}, issn = {1122-8792}, doi = {10.19272/201706102007}, pages = {171 -- 205}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This survey provides an overview of topics related to the history of economics that have been discussed within the last two years in journal articles. The survey format has been started by History of Economic Ideas last year with the survey by Giulia Bianchi (2016) and is aimed to increase the visibility of research in the history of economics. The emphasis of our survey is on the big three journals in the history of economics: the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, the Journal of the History of Economic Thought and History of Political Economy. We also included additional journals that frequently publish articles related to the history of economics. These include, in alphabetical order, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Contributions to Political Economy, Economic Thought, the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, History of Economic Thought and Policy, the History of Economics Review, the Journal of Economic Literature, the Journal of Economic Methodology, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, OE conomia, Oxford Economic Papers and Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology.}, language = {en} } @article{Zhu2017, author = {Zhu, Jinshan}, title = {Assessing China's price review policy on Clean Development Mechanism projects}, series = {European Journal of Law and Economics}, volume = {43}, journal = {European Journal of Law and Economics}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {0929-1261}, doi = {10.1007/s10657-016-9550-3}, pages = {285 -- 316}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows developed countries to meet part of their obligational emission reductions by carrying out emission reduction projects in developing countries. China imposed a price floor to the CDM carbon credits produced in China through its price review policy. Scholars have not agreed on the purpose of China's price review policy. With a theoretical model and a coherent empirical study, the present study shows that the price floor imposed by China's price review is more likely to protect those domestic project owners against price discrimination, rather than to distort the CDM market. Nevertheless, China's price review has its own flaws. Although a regression study shows month of approval, types of projects and location of project can explain 55\% of price floor designation, the operation of price review remains quite random and unpredictable in individual cases. This would bring extra bureaucratically uncertainty on its way to curb market uncertainty. Its function can be fulfilled by alternative policy tools with better economic efficiency and legal legitimacy, such as mandatory price disclosure and trading forum, which doesn't have such drawback, but still be able to alleviate possible price discrimination in individual cases.}, language = {en} } @misc{GeorgeKearney2017, author = {George, Elizabeth and Kearney, Eric}, title = {Editorial}, series = {Organizational psychology review}, volume = {7}, journal = {Organizational psychology review}, number = {1}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, address = {Thousand Oaks}, issn = {2041-3866}, doi = {10.1177/2041386617690945}, pages = {3 -- 3}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{SecklerGronewoldReihlen2017, author = {Seckler, Christoph and Gronewold, Ulfert and Reihlen, Markus}, title = {An error management perspective on audit quality}, series = {Accounting, Organizations and Society}, volume = {62}, journal = {Accounting, Organizations and Society}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0361-3682}, doi = {10.1016/j.aos.2017.08.004}, pages = {21 -- 42}, year = {2017}, abstract = {We take an error management perspective on audit quality. Drawing on 18 months of participant observations and 38 interviews conducted in a Big 4 accounting firm, we develop a multi-level model of error management. With this model, we propose how organizational structures, team procedures and practices, and individual cognitions and emotions interact to manage errors. The multi-level model of error management allows us to conceptually integrate previous behavioral and social research on audit quality, contributes to the rising accounting firm error management literature, and explains how and why two general approaches from the broader error management literature to errors that are usually considered as opposing each other, i.e., error prevention and error resilience, may interact and actually entail each other in accounting firms.}, language = {en} } @article{Wenzel2017, author = {Wenzel, Bertolt}, title = {Organizing coordination for an ecosystem approach to marine research and management advice}, series = {Marine policy}, volume = {82}, journal = {Marine policy}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0308-597X}, doi = {10.1016/j.marpol.2017.05.009}, pages = {138 -- 146}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This study examines the reorganization of formal coordination structures of a unique international public organization involved in marine governance in Europe, namely the structural reorganizations of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) between 1999 and 2009. The findings indicate that the reorganizations of ICES' formal coordination structures were not driven primarily for reasons of efficiency, by clear and consistent goals, and by clear means-ends considerations for organizational design as proposed by rational perspectives in organization theory. Instead, the formal coordination structures have also been adapted to live up to changing expectations in the institutional environment, to modern management concepts in marine governance such as the Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM), and to ensure the legitimacy of the organization. However, it is also found that institutional explanations alone are insufficient to comprehensively understand why the formal organizational structures of ICES were reorganized. Instrumental and cultural perspectives in organization theory as well as resource-dependence theory additionally add to understand how ICES responded to external demands and why organizational structures have been changed.}, language = {en} } @article{KailitzWursterTanneberg2017, author = {Kailitz, Steffen and Wurster, Stefan and Tanneberg, Dag}, title = {Autokratische Regimelegitimation und soziale Entwicklung}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r vergleichende Politikwissenschaft : ZfVP}, volume = {11}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r vergleichende Politikwissenschaft : ZfVP}, publisher = {Springer VS}, address = {Wiesbaden}, issn = {1865-2646}, doi = {10.1007/s12286-017-0330-4}, pages = {275 -- 299}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem sozialen Entwicklungsstand einer Autokratie und ihrem Legitimationsanspruch? Dieser Frage geht der Beitrag am Beispiel der S{\"a}uglingssterblichkeit nach. Unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung von 321 Autokratien aus 120 L{\"a}ndern im Zeitraum von 1960 bis 2010 zeigen sich Unterschiede in der sozialen Entwicklung zwischen sechs Autokratietypen mit verschiedenen Legitimationsstrategien: elektorale Autokratien, kommunistische Ideokratien, Monarchien, Einparteiautokratien, Milit{\"a}rautokratien und personalistische Autokratien. Insbesondere, dass kommunistische Ideokratien im Vergleich besser abschneiden als (nicht-ideokratische) Einparteiautokratien, spricht daf{\"u}r, dass sich die Art der Legitimationsstrategie auf die soziale Entwicklung auswirkt. Allerdings sollte der Einfluss von Legitimationsstrategien auf die soziale Entwicklung nicht {\"u}bersch{\"a}tzt werden, vor allem da sich die Ergebnisse im Rahmen eines Wachstumskurvenmodells als vorl{\"a}ufig erweisen.}, language = {de} } @article{Hinz2017, author = {Hinz, Carsten}, title = {Bildung f{\"u}r nachhaltige Entwicklung}, series = {Technische Bildung und berufliche Orientierung im Wandel- R{\"u}ckblick, Einblicke, Ausblicke (Sitzungsberichte Leibniz-Soziet{\"a}t der Wissenschaften)}, volume = {133/134}, journal = {Technische Bildung und berufliche Orientierung im Wandel- R{\"u}ckblick, Einblicke, Ausblicke (Sitzungsberichte Leibniz-Soziet{\"a}t der Wissenschaften)}, editor = {Banse, Gerhard and Apelojg, Benjamin}, publisher = {Trafo}, address = {Berlin}, pages = {167 -- 175}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Weissenberger2017, author = {Weißenberger, Martin}, title = {Start-up subsidies for the unemployed - New evaluation approaches and insights}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-406362}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {viii, 239}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Start-up incentives targeted at unemployed individuals have become an important tool of the Active Labor Market Policy (ALMP) to fight unemployment in many countries in recent years. In contrast to traditional ALMP instruments like training measures, wage subsidies, or job creation schemes, which are aimed at reintegrating unemployed individuals into dependent employment, start-up incentives are a fundamentally different approach to ALMP, in that they intend to encourage and help unemployed individuals to exit unemployment by entering self-employment and, thus, by creating their own jobs. In this sense, start-up incentives for unemployed individuals serve not only as employment and social policy to activate job seekers and combat unemployment but also as business policy to promote entrepreneurship. The corresponding empirical literature on this topic so far has been mainly focused on the individual labor market perspective, however. The main part of the thesis at hand examines the new start-up subsidy ("Gr{\"u}ndungszuschuss") in Germany and consists of four empirical analyses that extend the existing evidence on start-up incentives for unemployed individuals from multiple perspectives and in the following directions: First, it provides the first impact evaluation of the new start-up subsidy in Germany. The results indicate that participation in the new start-up subsidy has significant positive and persistent effects on both reintegration into the labor market as well as the income profiles of participants, in line with previous evidence on comparable German and international programs, which emphasizes the general potential of start-up incentives as part of the broader ALMP toolset. Furthermore, a new innovative sensitivity analysis of the applied propensity score matching approach integrates findings from entrepreneurship and labor market research about the key role of an individual's personality on start-up decision, business performance, as well as general labor market outcomes, into the impact evaluation of start-up incentives. The sensitivity analysis with regard to the inclusion and exclusion of usually unobserved personality variables reveals that differences in the estimated treatment effects are small in magnitude and mostly insignificant. Consequently, concerns about potential overestimation of treatment effects in previous evaluation studies of similar start-up incentives due to usually unobservable personality variables are less justified, as long as the set of observed control variables is sufficiently informative (Chapter 2). Second, the thesis expands our knowledge about the longer-term business performance and potential of subsidized businesses arising from the start-up subsidy program. In absolute terms, the analysis shows that a relatively high share of subsidized founders successfully survives in the market with their original businesses in the medium to long run. The subsidy also yields a "double dividend" to a certain extent in terms of additional job creation. Compared to "regular", i.e., non-subsidized new businesses founded by non-unemployed individuals in the same quarter, however, the economic and growth-related impulses set by participants of the subsidy program are only limited with regard to employment growth, innovation activity, or investment. Further investigations of possible reasons for these differences show that differential business growth paths of subsidized founders in the longer run seem to be mainly limited by higher restrictions to access capital and by unobserved factors, such as less growth-oriented business strategies and intentions, as well as lower (subjective) entrepreneurial persistence. Taken together, the program has only limited potential as a business and entrepreneurship policy intended to induce innovation and economic growth (Chapters 3 and 4). And third, an empirical analysis on the level of German regional labor markets yields that there is a high regional variation in subsidized start-up activity relative to overall new business formation. The positive correlation between regular start-up intensity and the share among all unemployed individuals who participate in the start-up subsidy program suggests that (nascent) unemployed founders also profit from the beneficial effects of regional entrepreneurship capital. Moreover, the analysis of potential deadweight and displacement effects from an aggregated regional perspective emphasizes that the start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals represents a market intervention into existing markets, which affects incumbents and potentially produces inefficiencies and market distortions. This macro perspective deserves more attention and research in the future (Chapter 5).}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Heess2017, author = {Heeß, Katja}, title = {Einschr{\"a}nkung der Mehrheitsdemokratie?}, series = {Comparative politics ; 9}, journal = {Comparative politics ; 9}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Baden-Baden}, isbn = {978-3-8487-3834-2}, pages = {487}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Das Buch bietet eine systematische Erkl{\"a}rung der bisher wenig beachteten Ph{\"a}nomene von Wandel und Stabilit{\"a}t legislativer Vetopunkte (VP) in parlamentarischen Demokratien. Theoretisch erm{\"o}glichen die gemeinsame Betrachtung der Akteursstrategien auf Gesetzgebungs- und Reformebene und deren gegenseitige Beeinflussung die Identifikation institutioneller Gleichgewichte. Die Erkl{\"a}rung der Autorin betont die Bedeutung der Mehrheiten beschr{\"a}nkenden Wirkung von Vetoinstitutionen f{\"u}r die Reformpr{\"a}ferenzen der Akteure. Im Reformprozess wird die Legitimit{\"a}t der Vetopunkte als wesentlicher Faktor angenommen. Sie beeinflusst Kosten und Nutzen der Akteure durch eine potenzielle elektorale Bestrafung von Versuchen, legitime Vetopunkte zu schw{\"a}chen bzw. illegitime Vetopunkte zu bewahren. Empirisch wird die Erkl{\"a}rung mittels einer QCA-Analyse f{\"u}r 38 etablierte parlamentarische Demokratien sowie anhand vertiefender Fallstudien zur Entwicklung der Vetoinstitutionen in f{\"u}nf L{\"a}ndern {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft.}, language = {de} } @article{Glaschke2017, author = {Glaschke, Christian}, title = {Auswahl und Einf{\"u}hrung von ERP-Systemen}, series = {Die Rolle von ERP-Systemen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung}, journal = {Die Rolle von ERP-Systemen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-197-4}, pages = {197 -- 210}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{Hinrichs2017, author = {Hinrichs, Martin}, title = {Die Zukunft von ERP im Kontext von Industrie 4.0}, series = {Die Rolle von ERP-Systemen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung}, journal = {Die Rolle von ERP-Systemen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-197-4}, pages = {261 -- 276}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{CaliendoMahlstedtMitnik2017, author = {Caliendo, Marco and Mahlstedt, Robert and Mitnik, Oscar A.}, title = {Unobservable, but unimportant? The relevance of usually unobserved variables for the evaluation of labor market policies}, series = {Labour economics : an international journal}, volume = {46}, journal = {Labour economics : an international journal}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0927-5371}, doi = {10.1016/j.labeco.2017.02.001}, pages = {14 -- 25}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{SchroeterStumpfLoosetal.2017, author = {Schroeter, Matthias and Stumpf, Klara H. and Loos, Jacqueline and van Oudenhoven, Alexander P. E. and Boehnke-Henrichs, Anne and Abson, David J.}, title = {Refocusing ecosystem services towards sustainability}, series = {Ecosystem Services : Science, Policy and Practice}, volume = {25}, journal = {Ecosystem Services : Science, Policy and Practice}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2212-0416}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.019}, pages = {35 -- 43}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Ecosystem services and sustainability have become prominent concepts in international policy and research agendas. However, a common conceptual ground between these concepts is currently underdeveloped. In particular, a vision is missing on how to align ecosystem services with overarching sustainability goals. Originally, the ecosystem service concept focused on sustaining human well-being through biodiversity conservation. Nevertheless, studies within the field also consider appropriation beyond carrying capacities, and natural resource management that involves environmentally damaging inputs as ecosystem service provision. This brings the ecosystem service concept into conflict with the core goal of sustainability, i.e. achieving justice within ecological limits over the long term. Here, we link the ecosystem service concept to sustainability outcomes operationalized in terms of justice. Our framing positions sustainability as an overarching goal which can be achieved through seven key strategies: equitable (1) intergenerational and (2) intragenerational distribution, (3) interspecies distribution, (4) fair procedures, recognition and participation, (5) sufficiency, (6) efficiency, and (7) persistence. Applying these strategies has the potential to re-focus the ecosystem service concept towards the normative goal of sustainability. We identify research needs for each strategy and further discuss questions regarding operationalization of the strategies. (C) 2017 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{AlgieriKalkuhlKoch2017, author = {Algieri, Bernardina and Kalkuhl, Matthias and Koch, Nicolas}, title = {A tale of two tails: Explaining extreme events in financialized agricultural markets}, series = {Food policy : economics planning and politics of food and agriculture}, volume = {69}, journal = {Food policy : economics planning and politics of food and agriculture}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0306-9192}, doi = {10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.05.004}, pages = {256 -- 269}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The substantial booms and busts in agricultural prices marked by extreme events across commodities lead to heated debates about the effects of speculative trading on commodity price fluctuations. This study proposes a new approach to understanding extreme events and boom-bust processes in agricultural markets. Using weekly futures data for twelve indexed agricultural commodities during 2006 to 2016, we find that extreme price changes, located in the 10\% tails of the distribution, cluster across agricultural markets. We then implement a multinomial logit model to investigate which factors are associated with the propagation of extreme events. Specifically, we disentangle three transmission conduits. (1) The macroeconomic conduit captures the possibility that the synchronized extreme price events are generated by business-cycle driven demand shifts mainly in emerging economies. (2) The financial conduit refers to potential links between extreme returns and the increasing flow of money from financial participants into agricultural futures markets. (3) Finally, the energy conduit accounts for possible spillover effects due to oil price shocks. Our results indicate an important role of managed money positions and oil prices while the real demand channel remains mostly insignificant. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @techreport{SultanowVolkovCox2017, author = {Sultanow, Eldar and Volkov, Denis and Cox, Sean}, title = {Introducing a Finite State Machine for processing Collatz Sequences}, edition = {1st version}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-399223}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The present work will introduce a Finite State Machine (FSM) that processes any Collatz Sequence; further, we will endeavor to investigate its behavior in relationship to transformations of a special infinite input. Moreover, we will prove that the machine's word transformation is equivalent to the standard Collatz number transformation and subsequently discuss the possibilities for use of this approach at solving similar problems. The benefit of this approach is that the investigation of the word transformation performed by the Finite State Machine is less complicated than the traditional number-theoretical transformation.}, language = {en} } @article{HerbstKemmerlingNeale2017, author = {Herbst, Uta and Kemmerling, Birte Christina and Neale, Margaret A.}, title = {All in, one-at-a-time or somewhere in the middle?}, series = {The journal of business \& industrial marketing}, volume = {32}, journal = {The journal of business \& industrial marketing}, number = {4}, publisher = {Emerald Group Publishing Limited}, address = {Bingley}, issn = {0885-8624}, doi = {10.1108/JBIM-12-2015-0251}, pages = {580 -- 586}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Purpose: While industrial marketers have long bundled their products and services to sell them as packages, to what extent should negotiators also rely on packaging their offers? Clearly, negotiating at a package level can tax the cognitive capacity of the involved parties at some point. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the impact of the number and type of issues that should be negotiated simultaneously to leverage the package strategy efficiently and effectively in multi-issue buyer-seller negotiations. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted and analyzed negotiation simulations with 676 students from 2 public universities. Findings: The authors' results suggest that negotiating three out of six issues simultaneously is the least efficient but most effective strategy in multi-issue buyer-seller negotiations. Moreover, they found that bundling distributive and integrative issues is more efficient and effective than only bundling distributive or integrative negotiation issues in a package offer. Originality/value: Past research has examined the impact of negotiating a package as compared to each issue separately; however, little empirical attention has been directed toward understanding how to apply a package strategy in complex multi-issue negotiations.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Raab2017, author = {Raab, Erika}, title = {Medizincontrolling}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-17787-4}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XXIII, 315}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Erika Raab beleuchtet in diesem Buch aus verschiedenen Perspektiven dieRahmenbedingungen, die Entstehungsgeschichte, die Arbeitsgrundlagen und die Instrumentedes Medizincontrollings. In der Gesamtschau stellt die Analyse die erste umfassende Auseinandersetzung mit diesem Fachgebiet dar, welches in der Praxis seit der Einf{\"u}hrung der Fallpauschalen (DRG) einer wachsenden Nachfrage unterliegt. Diese junge Fachdisziplin entwickelte sich aufgrund der ver{\"a}nderten politischen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen im Bereich der Krankenhausfinanzierung und gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung.}, language = {de} } @book{Angelow2017, author = {Angelow, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Entsorgt und ausgeblendet}, edition = {2., erweiterte Aufl.}, publisher = {WeltTrends}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3945878-61-3}, pages = {172}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Die Kluft zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschen ist in den vergangenen Jahren nicht schmaler geworden. Bis heute sind Ostdeutsche nur selten in F{\"u}hrungspositionen in Wirtschaft, Politik und Medien anzutreffen. Offensichtlich ist die Herstellung der inneren Einheit ein schwieriger, langwieriger Prozess der Ann{\"a}herung, der wom{\"o}glich nie vollst{\"a}ndig vollzogen werden kann. Diesem Prozess nachzugehen und zu zeigen, wie sich Eliten vor dem Hintergrund gesellschaftlicher Umbr{\"u}che positionieren, welche Voraussetzungen die beteiligten Generationen und Elitenvertreter in Ost- und Westdeutschland mitbrachten, in welcher Form sie tangiert waren und welche medialen Perspektiven sich daran kn{\"u}pfen, ist Ziel dieses Buches. Denn der Umgang mit den ostdeutschen Eliten ber{\"u}hrt unsere Zukunft.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Dirkwinkel2017, author = {Dirkwinkel, Lea}, title = {Trust and fairtrade consumption}, series = {Schriftenreihe Studien zum Konsumentenverhalten ; 77}, journal = {Schriftenreihe Studien zum Konsumentenverhalten ; 77}, publisher = {Kovac}, address = {Hamburg}, isbn = {978-3-8300-9599-6}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XX, 235}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Wie h{\"a}ngen Vertrauen, Konsumeinstellungen und Verhalten bez{\"u}glich Fairtrade zusammen? Dies ist die grundlegende Frage, mit der sich diese Arbeit besch{\"a}ftigt. Lea Dirkwinkel analysiert die Fragestellung am Beispiel des Fairtrade-Labels, das als Symbol f{\"u}r das Produktzertifizierungssystem von Fairtrade International steht und das bekannteste Beispiel der Fairtrade-Bewegung darstellt. Die Forschungsfrage wird einerseits zur{\"u}ckgef{\"u}hrt auf die Tatsache, dass die Qualit{\"a}t von Fairtrade-G{\"u}tern durch Konsumenten nicht erfasst werden kann, und andererseits durch die sogenannte Einstellungs-Verhaltens-L{\"u}cke begr{\"u}ndet. Die Einstellungs-Verhaltens-L{\"u}cke beschreibt die kognitive Dissonanz zwischen positiven ethischen Einstellungen und Kaufintentionen sowie dem tats{\"a}chlichen Kaufverhalten und widerspricht traditionellen Einstellungs-Verhaltens-Modellen, die besagen, dass die Einstellung das Verhalten von Menschen bestimmt. Beide zuvor genannten Aspekte begr{\"u}nden in der Marketingtheorie die Relevanz von Vertrauen f{\"u}r den Konsum von Fairtrade-Produkten, aber auch anderen nachhaltigen G{\"u}tern. Die Analyse basiert auf einer Online-Datenerhebung und erfolgte anhand der Kombination aus Conjoint Analyse und Strukturgleichungsanalyse. Die innovative methodische Vorgehensweise lieferte sowohl f{\"u}r die Marketingforschung als auch f{\"u}r die Praxis relevante Ergebnisse. Zum einem wird die wichtige Rolle von Vertrauen f{\"u}r den Fairtrade-Konsum best{\"a}tigt; zum anderen erkl{\"a}rt die Arbeit, wie sich Fairtrade-Vertrauen auswirkt. Das Vertrauen in das Fairtrade-Label stellt den Ausgangspunkt f{\"u}r Vertrauensbeziehungen zwischen Fairtrade und den Konsumenten dar und wird auf die zertifizierten Produkte {\"u}bertragen. Empfehlungen, die sich daraus ergeben, konzentrieren sich auf Maßnahmen, die das Vertrauen in Fairtrade-Labels st{\"a}rken, z.B. durch die Reduzierung der Anzahl verschiedener Labels oder die verst{\"a}rkte Kommunikation der Unabh{\"a}ngigkeit von Zertifizierungsorganisationen.}, language = {en} } @article{BenderTeichmannUllrich2017, author = {Bender, Benedict and Teichmann, Malte and Ullrich, Andre}, title = {Mobile IIoT-Technologien als Erfolgsfaktor f{\"u}r Fertigung und Lernszenarien}, series = {Industrial Internet of Things in der Arbeits- und Betriebsorganisation}, journal = {Industrial Internet of Things in der Arbeits- und Betriebsorganisation}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-225-4}, pages = {235 -- 257}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Pfannstiel2017, author = {Pfannstiel, Mario Alexander}, title = {Service Performance Measurement in Expertenorganisationen}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {266, XXXVI}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{KrasnovaVeltriElingetal.2017, author = {Krasnova, Hanna and Veltri, Natasha F. and Eling, Nicole and Buxmann, Peter}, title = {Why men and women continue to use social networking sites}, series = {The journal of strategic information systems : incorporating International Information Systems}, volume = {26}, journal = {The journal of strategic information systems : incorporating International Information Systems}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0963-8687}, doi = {10.1016/j.jsis.2017.01.004}, pages = {261 -- 284}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Organizations increasingly use social media and especially social networking sites (SNS) to support their marketing agenda, enhance collaboration, and develop new capabilities. However, the success of SNS initiatives is largely dependent on sustainable user participation. In this study, we argue that the continuance intentions of users may be gender sensitive. To theorize and investigate gender differences in the determinants of continuance intentions, this study draws on the expectation-confirmation model, the uses and gratification theory, as well as the self-construal theory and its extensions. Our survey of 488 users shows that while both men and women are motivated by the ability to self enhance, there are some gender differences. Specifically, while women are mainly driven by relational uses, such as maintaining close ties and getting access to social information on close and distant networks, men base their continuance intentions on their ability to gain information of a general nature. Our research makes several contributions to the discourse in strategic information systems literature concerning the use of social media by individuals and organizations. Theoretically, it expands the understanding of the phenomenon of continuance intentions and specifically the role of the gender differences in its determinants. On a practical level, it delivers insights for SNS providers and marketers into how satisfaction and continuance intentions of male and female SNS users can be differentially promoted. Furthermore, as organizations increasingly rely on corporate social networks to foster collaboration and innovation, our insights deliver initial recommendations on how organizational social media initiatives can be supported with regard to gender-based differences.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Schneider2017, author = {Schneider, Martin}, title = {Kapitalmarktanomalie Value versus Growth}, series = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken ; 30}, journal = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken ; 30}, publisher = {Wissenschaft \& Praxis}, address = {Sternenfels}, isbn = {978-3-89673-741-0}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {222, CVII}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Systematische Abweichungen zwischen gehandelten Marktpreisen und fundamentalen Werten von Wertpapieren zeigen bis heute, dass Kapitalm{\"a}rkte weder vollkommen noch effizient sind. Sowohl die Finanzmarktforschung als auch die Investmentpraxis befassen sich weiter mit der Suche nach geeigneten Kapitalmarktmodellen. Neue Investmentstrategien auf Basis verbesserter Erkl{\"a}rungen von Wertpapierrenditen etablieren sich zunehmend am Markt. Das traditionelle Konzept der Kapitalmarktanomalie Value versus Growth beweist auch in erweiterter Form seine G{\"u}ltigkeit und zeigt, dass Wertpapierrenditen und fundamentale Charakteristika von Unternehmen zusammenh{\"a}ngen. Solche Erkenntnisse greift der Autor auf und analysiert die traditionellen Assetklassen Aktien und Anleihen. F{\"u}r die empirische Untersuchung werden Wertpapierportfolios ermittelt, die von fundamentalen Bewertungskennzahlen abh{\"a}ngen, d. h. eine Kombination von Kapitalmarkt- und Jahresabschlussdaten bilden. Erkenntnisgewinne ergeben sich im Rahmen dieser Forschungsarbeit vor allem zu den Ursachen von Fehlbewertungen bei Wertpapieren im Sinne der Kapitalmarktanomalie Value versus Growth. Zudem wird gezeigt, dass die fundamentale Analyse als Bewertungsmethode sowohl f{\"u}r Aktien als auch f{\"u}r Anleihen relevant ist. {\"U}berrenditen k{\"o}nnen somit systematisch ausgenutzt werden. Dies erscheint f{\"u}r die Praxis besonders wichtig, da Fonds sowohl in Aktien wie auch in Anleihen investieren. Da der Anleihemarkt deutlich gr{\"o}ßer als der Aktienmarkt ist, bieten Anleihen betr{\"a}chtliche Diversifikationspotentiale f{\"u}r Investoren, sofern eine Ausnutzung von Kapitalmarktanomalien angestrebt wird.}, language = {de} } @book{OPUS4-43324, title = {Die Rolle von ERP-Systemen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung}, editor = {Gronau, Norbert and Glaschke, Christian}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-197-4}, pages = {277}, year = {2017}, abstract = {ERP-Systeme geh{\"o}ren zu den wichtigsten Informationssystemen im Unternehmen. Der vorliegende Band enth{\"a}lt praxisorientierte Beitr{\"a}ge, die aus Sicht von Wissenschaft und Praxis Digitalisierung und deren Auswirkungen auf die Prozesse im Unternehmen beleuchten. Durch den Fokus auf Digitalisierung konnten die Autoren aufzeigen, durch welche Strategie und welche Beratungsleistungen die Transformation der Kunden erm{\"o}glicht wird. Im vorliegenden Band sind sowohl technische als auch organisatorische Konzepte enthalten, die es erm{\"o}glichen, den Einstieg in die Digitalisierung vorzubereiten und umzusetzen. • Unter andere werden folgende Fragen behandelt: • Welche Bedeutung hat das Thema Digitalisierung f{\"u}r mein Unternehmen und meine Kunden? • Welches Vorgehen ist geeignet, die Auswahl und Einf{\"u}hrung eines ERP-Systems umzusetzen? • Welche Erfahrungen haben andere Anwender und welche Projekte sind aktuell in der Umsetzung? • Welche Methoden helfen bei Bew{\"a}ltigung der Herausforderungen des Stammdatenmanagements?}, language = {de} } @article{GronauUlrichBender2017, author = {Gronau, Norbert and Ulrich, Andre and Bender, Benedict}, title = {Hybride Lernfabrik im Anwendungszentrum Industrie 4.0}, series = {Industrial Internet of Things in der Arbeits- und Betriebsorganisation}, journal = {Industrial Internet of Things in der Arbeits- und Betriebsorganisation}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-225-4}, pages = {1 -- 23}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @article{Gronau2017, author = {Gronau, Norbert}, title = {Trends in der ERP Branche}, series = {Die Rolle von ERP-Systemen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung}, journal = {Die Rolle von ERP-Systemen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-197-4}, pages = {85 -- 109}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @book{Gronau2017, author = {Gronau, Norbert}, title = {Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessmanagement in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung}, edition = {2. {\"u}berarb. und erweiterte Aufl.}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-192-9}, pages = {366}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Dieses Werk zu Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessmanagement in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung gibt gleichzeitig einen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zu diesem Thema und f{\"u}hrt Interessierte wie Studierende oder Praktiker in das Thema und seine Facetten ein. Aktuelle Entwicklungen werden aufgegriffen und vor allem die drei wesentlichen GPM-Blickwinkel Technik, Organisation und Mensch gleichberechtigt behandelt. Aus Sicht der Forschung werden innovative Methoden zur Modellierung und Analyse von Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessen beschrieben. Aus Sicht der Lehre dient das Buch gleichermaßen als Einstiegslekt{\"u}re und liefert Ansatzpunkte f{\"u}r die vertiefte Befassung mit einzelnen Aspekten des Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessmanagements. F{\"u}r die Praxis beschreibt dieses Werk die dort bestehenden konzeptionellen und methodischen Hindernisse des Prozessmanagements und zeigt Wege zur {\"U}berwindung dieser Hindernisse. Die vorliegende Auflage wurde gr{\"u}ndlich {\"u}berarbeitet und stark erweitert, u. a. mit Kapiteln zur Simulation und Automatisierung von Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessen.}, language = {de} } @book{GronauGaebler2017, author = {Gronau, Norbert and G{\"a}bler, Andreas}, title = {Einf{\"u}hrung in die Wirtschaftsinformatik : Band 1}, series = {Skripte zur Wirtschafsinformatik}, journal = {Skripte zur Wirtschafsinformatik}, edition = {6. durchgesehene Aufl.}, publisher = {Gito}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-191-2}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {231}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Dieses Buch bietet eine Einf{\"u}hrung in die Wirtschaftsinformatik in kommentierter Form. Es richtet sich in erster Linie an Studierende der Betriebswirtschaftslehre und der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Band 1 beinhaltet eine Betrachtung der nachfolgenden Themenpunkte: Der erste Abschnitt gibt eine Einf{\"u}hrung in die Bedeutung der Wirtschaftsinformatik als Wissenschaftsfach und damit verbunden in ihre praktische Anwendungsorientierung. Der folgende Abschnitt liefert einen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber die der Informatik zugrunde liegenden Konzepte und Techniken von Computer-Hardware und -Software sowie Begriffsbestimmungen und Beschreibungsmerkmale der Daten, Datenhaltung und -speicherung. Ein weiterer Abschnitt ist dem Komplex Netzwerke und Internet gewidmet. In kompakter Form werden Grundlagen der Netze und Netzwerkdienste erkl{\"a}rt. Das Thema Datenmodellierung bildet den Schwerpunkt dieses Bandes. Die Vorgehensweise zur Erstellung und Bearbeitung von Modellen wird in sehr ausf{\"u}hrlicher Form dargelegt. Den Abschluss bildet die Verbindung zwischen Datenbanken und betrieblichen Anwedungssystemen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Schiprowski2017, author = {Schiprowski, Amelie}, title = {Four empirical essays on the economics of job search}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-413508}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xiii, 209}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Modern welfare states aim at designing unemployment insurance (UI) schemes which minimize the length of unemployment spells. A variety of institutions and incentives, which are embedded in UI schemes across OECD countries, reflect this attempt. For instance, job seekers entering UI are often provided with personal support through a caseworker. They also face the requirement to regularly submit a minimum number of job applications, which is typically enforced through benefit cuts in the case of non-compliance. Moreover, job seekers may systematically receive information on their re-employment prospects. As a consequence, UI design has become a complex task. Policy makers need to define not only the amount and duration of benefit payments, but also several other choice parameters. These include the intensity and quality of personal support through caseworkers, the level of job search requirements, the strictness of enforcement, and the information provided to unemployed individuals. Causal estimates on how these parameters affect re-employment outcomes are thus central inputs to the design of modern UI systems: how much do individual caseworkers influence the transition out of unemployment? Does the requirement of an additional job application translate into increased job finding? Do individuals behave differently when facing a strict versus mild enforcement system? And how does information on re-employment prospects influence the job search decision? This dissertation proposes four novel research designs to answer this question. Chapters one to three elaborate quasi-experimental identification strategies, which are applied to large-scale administrative data from Switzerland. They, respectively, measure how personal interactions with caseworkers (chapter one), the level of job search requirements (chapter two) and the strictness of enforcement (chapter three) affect re-employment outcomes. Chapter four proposes a structural estimation approach, based on linked survey and administrative data from Germany. It studies how over-optimism on future wage offers affects the decision to search for work, and how the provision of information changes this decision.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Mahlstedt2017, author = {Mahlstedt, Robert}, title = {Essays on job search behavior and labor market policies}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-397081}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {252}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Persistently high unemployment rates are a major threat to the social cohesion in many societies. To moderate the consequences of unemployment industrialized countries spend substantial shares of their GDP on labor market policies, while in recent years there has been a shift from passive measures, such as transfer payments, towards more activating elements which aim to promote the reintegration into the labor market. Although, there exists a wide range of evidence about the effects of traditional active labor market policies (ALMP) on participants' subsequent labor market outcomes, a deeper understanding of the impact of these programs on the job search behavior and the interplay with long-term labor market outcomes is necessary. This allows policy makers to improve the design of labor market policies and the allocation of unemployed workers into specific programs. Moreover, previous studies have shown that many traditional ALMP programs, like public employment or training schemes, do not achieve the desired results. This underlines the importance of understanding the effect mechanisms, but also the need to develop innovative programs that are more effective. This thesis extends the existing literature with respect to several dimensions. First, it analyzes the impact of job seekers' beliefs about upcoming ALMPs programs on the effectiveness of realized treatments later during the unemployment spell. This provides important insights with respect to the job search process and relates potential anticipation effects (on the job seekers behavior before entering a program) to the vast literature evaluating the impact of participating in an ALMP program on subsequent outcomes. The empirical results show that training programs are more effective if the participants expect participation ex ante, while expected treatment effects are unrelated to the actual labor market outcomes of participants. A subsequent analysis of the effect mechanisms shows that job seekers who expect to participate also receive more information by their caseworker and show a higher willingness to adjust their search behavior in association with an upcoming ALMP program. The findings suggest that the effectiveness of training programs can be improved by providing more detailed information about the possibility of a future treatment early during the unemployment spell. Second, the thesis investigates the effects of a relatively new class of programs that aim to improve the geographical mobility of unemployed workers with respect to the job search behavior, the subsequent job finding prospects and the returns to labor market mobility. To estimate the causal impact of these programs, it is exploited that local employment agencies have a degree of autonomy when deciding about the regional-specific policy mix. The findings show that the policy style of the employment agency indeed affects the job search behavior of unemployed workers. Job seekers who are assigned to agencies with higher preferences for mobility programs increase their search radius without affecting the total number of job applications. This shift of the search effort to distant regions leads to a higher probability to find a regular job and higher wages. Moreover, it is shown that participants in one of the subsidy programs who move to geographically distant region a earn significantly higher wages, end up in more stable jobs and face a higher long-run employment probability compared to non-participants. Third, the thesis offers an empirical assessment of the unconfoundedness assumption with respect to the relevance of variables that are usually unobserved in studies evaluating ALMP programs. A unique dataset that combines administrative records and survey data allows us to observe detailed information on typical covariates, as well as usually unobserved variables including personality traits, attitudes, expectations, intergenerational information, as well as indicators about social networks and labor market flexibility. The findings show that, although our set of usually unobserved variables indeed has a significant effect on the selection into ALMP programs, the overall impact when estimating treatment effects is rather small. Finally, the thesis also examines the importance of gender differences in reservation wages that allows assessing the importance of special ALMP programs targeting women. In particular, when including reservation wages in a wage decomposition exercise, the gender gap in realized wages becomes small and statistically insignificant. The strong connection between gender differences in reservation wages and realized wages raises the question how these differences in reservation wages are set in the first place. Since traditional covariates cannot sufficiently explain the gender gap in reservation wages, we perform subgroup analysis to better understand what the driving forces behind this gender gap are.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Muehlenhoff2017, author = {M{\"u}hlenhoff, Judith}, title = {Culture-driven innovation}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-104626}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {143}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This cumulative dissertation deals with the potential of underexplored cultural sources for innovation. Nowadays, firms recognize an increasing demand for innovation to keep pace with an ever-growing dynamic worldwide competition. Knowledge is one of the most crucial sources and resource, while until now innovation has been foremost driven by technology. But since the last years, we have been witnessing a change from technology's role as a driver of innovation to an enabler of innovation. Innovative products and services increasingly differentiate through emotional qualities and user experience. These experiences are hard to grasp and require alignment in innovation management theory and practice. This work cares about culture in a broader matter as a source for innovation. It investigates the requirements and fundamentals for "culture-driven innovation" by studying where and how to unlock cultural sources. The research questions are the following: What are cultural sources for knowledge and innovation? Where can one find cultural sources and how to tap into them? The dissertation starts with an overview of its central terms and introduces cultural theories as an overarching frame to study cultural sources for innovation systematically. Here, knowledge is not understood as something an organization owns like a material resource, but it is seen as something created and taking place in practices. Such a practice theoretical lens inheres the rejection of the traditional economic depiction of the rational Homo Oeconomicus. Nevertheless, it also rejects the idea of the Homo Sociologicus about the strong impact of society and its values on individual actions. Practice theory approaches take account of both concepts by underscoring the dualism of individual (agency, micro-level) and structure (society, macro-level). Following this, organizations are no enclosed entities but embedded within their socio-cultural environment, which shapes them and is also shaped by them. Then, the first article of this dissertation acknowledges a methodological stance of this dualism by discussing how mixed methods support an integrated approach to study the micro- and macro-level. The article focuses on networks (thus communities) as a central research unit within studies of entrepreneurship and innovation. The second article contains a network analysis and depicts communities as central loci for cultural sources and knowledge. With data from the platform Meetup.com about events etc., the study explores which overarching communities and themes have been evolved in Berlin's start up and tech scene. While the latter study was about where to find new cultural sources, the last article addresses how to unlock such knowledge sources. It develops the concept of a cultural absorptive capacity, that is the capability of organizations to open up towards cultural sources. Furthermore, the article points to the role of knowledge intermediaries in the early phases of knowledge acquisition. Two case studies on companies working with artists illustrate the roles of such intermediaries and how they support firms to gain knowledge from cultural sources. Overall, this dissertation contributes to a better understanding of culture as a source for innovation from a theoretical, methodological, and practitioners' point of view. It provides basic research to unlock the potential of such new knowledge sources for companies - sources that so far have been neglected in innovation management.}, language = {en} } @article{SorgnerFritschKritikos2017, author = {Sorgner, Alina and Fritsch, Michael and Kritikos, Alexander}, title = {Do entrepreneurs really earn less?}, series = {Small business economics : an international journal}, volume = {49}, journal = {Small business economics : an international journal}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0921-898X}, doi = {10.1007/s11187-017-9874-6}, pages = {251 -- 272}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Based on large representative German household survey data, we compare incomes of the self-employed with those of paid employees. We find that the entrepreneurial income gap is largest for those holding a tertiary degree, but in two directions: positive for employers (self-employed with further employees) and negative for solo entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs holding a tertiary degree also face the greatest income variation. However, some solo self-employed earn more than their employed counterparts, in particular those with a university entrance degree as the highest level of education.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Thaler2017, author = {Thaler, Verena}, title = {The interdependence between business development and brand management}, series = {Schriftenreihe zum Business Development}, journal = {Schriftenreihe zum Business Development}, number = {3}, publisher = {Dr. Kovač}, address = {Hamburg}, isbn = {978-3-8300-9744-0}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XIII, 121}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Langfristiges Wachstum zu generieren, ist eine der bedeutendsten Herausforderungen von Unternehmen. Sie sind zunehmend mit saturierten (Kern-)M{\"a}rkten und immer k{\"u}rzer werdenden Produktlebenszyklen konfrontiert. Um die eigene Marktposition zu erhalten und zu wachsen, ist es daher f{\"u}r Unternehmen wichtiger denn je, kontinuierlich neue Gesch{\"a}ftsfelder zu erschließen. Gleichzeitig gewinnt der Aufbau einer starken Marke an Bedeutung, um die Kundenloyalit{\"a}t zu erh{\"o}hen und sich einem direkten Preiskampf zu entziehen. Vor diesem Hintergrund haben sich Business Development sowie Markenmanagement als strategische Kernfunktionen etabliert. Dieses Buch untersucht die Interdependenzen zwischen Business Development und Markenmanagement. Aufgrund der dominanten Stellung von Innovationen innerhalb des Business Developments bilden diese den Fokus der Untersuchung, und es wird analysiert, wie Innovations- und Markenmanagement voneinander profitieren k{\"o}nnen. Innovationen werden h{\"a}ufig als essentiell angesehen, um eine starke Marke aufzubauen und um deren Images kontinuierlich zu revitalisieren. Umgekehrt kann die Verwendung einer etablierten Marke eine Innovation bei deren Markteinf{\"u}hrung unterst{\"u}tzen. Marken dienen Konsumenten hierbei als erstes Qualit{\"a}tssignal und k{\"o}nnen somit Unsicherheiten minimieren, die mit dem Produktkauf verbunden sind. Die Autorin untersucht empirisch, ob solche Interdependenzen zwischen Innovations- und Markenmanagement existieren und wie Unternehmen diese bestm{\"o}glich f{\"u}r ihre Innovations- und Branding-Aktivit{\"a}ten nutzen k{\"o}nnen. Dabei wird analysiert, (1) wie Innovationen die Wahrnehmung und Einstellung von Konsumenten einer Marke gegen{\"u}ber ver{\"a}ndern k{\"o}nnen, (2) wie Branding den Markterfolg einer Innovation unterst{\"u}tzen kann und (3) wie der Aufbau von Brand Equity vor negativen Auswirkungen, zum Beispiel durch einen Produktskandal, sch{\"u}tzen kann. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse bieten relevante Implikationen f{\"u}r die Managementpraxis und Forschung. Sie zeigen Managern, wie Innovationen am besten eingesetzt werden k{\"o}nnen, um ihre jeweilige Marke zu st{\"a}rken und umgekehrt, unter welchen Umst{\"a}nden es f{\"u}r den Erfolg einer Innovation am f{\"o}rderlichsten ist, sie unter einer bestehenden Marke am Markt einzuf{\"u}hren oder eine neue Marke daf{\"u}r zu entwickeln.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Rhinow2017, author = {Rhinow, Holger}, title = {Design Thinking als Lernprozess in Organisationen}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {138}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Thim2017, author = {Thim, Christof}, title = {Technologieakzeptanz in Organisationen}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-401070}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Technological change is influencing organisations in their operation. It is used as a means to enhance productivity or to gain momentum on the market. The success of introducing new technologies into the organisation relies heavily on user acceptance. Existing explanations like the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (Rogers, 2003) and the Technology Acceptance Model and its extensions (Davis, 1989; Venkatesh and Davis, 1996; Venkatesh and Davis, 2000; Venkatesh, Morris, et al., 2003) do not address the organisational context sufficiently. Their models concentrate on technology adoption in a non-mandatory environment. Furthermore they do not encompass resistance against a new technology. Hence these models cannot be used to analyse the acceptance and usage decision process within organisations. This thesis therefore aims at investigating the organisational dynamics evoked by the introduction of new technologies with regard to acceptance and usage. More precisely it answers the question, whether different organisation types exert varying influences on their members and produce different patterns of acceptance and usage. The groundwork to achieve this insight is the synthesis and extension of different models of technology acceptance and organisational governance. The resulting model describes the development dynamics within an organisation and model combines two perspectives. On one hand the individual level encompasses socio-psychological aspects and individual decision making processes. This perspective is based on the aforementioned theories of individual acceptance, which are extended with different fit theories (Goodhue and Thompson, 1995; Floyd, 1986; Liu, Lee, and Chen, 2011; Parkes, 2013). Furthermore the resistance to new technology is introduced into the analysis as another possible course of action (Patsiotis, Hughes, and Webber, 2012). The organisational perspective on the other hand embeds the individual acceptance and usage decision into a social context. The interaction between organisation members based on the observation of others and the internalisation of social pressure are introduced as determinants of acceptance and usage. Furthermore organisational governance structures moderate this social influence and specify its impact. The relationship between governance and social influence is elaborated through the application of system theory to the organisational context: Actors like change agents or management use governance media (Luhmann, 1997; Fischer, 2009) to intervene in the individual decisions. The effect of these governance media varies with certain attributes of the organisation. Different coordination mechanisms of organisational configurations (Mintzberg, 1979) provide a link to governance media and their connectivity to individual decision processes. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of model a simulation experiment is conducted in AnyLogic. The validity of the model was tested in a sensitivity analysis. The results from the experiment show a specific acceptance and usage pattern. The acceptance is dropping at first due to the initial frustration. It then recovers and is growing in a bounded manner. Since usage is mandatory in an organisation, it is enforced by the management. This leads to a rapid increase of usage at first and stabilises on different levels during the course of the simulation. It was also found that different organisation configurations produce varying outcomes. The bureaucratic organisation enforces the usage better than any other configuration, leading to a higher usage level. However it fails to produce acceptance. The adhocracy on the other hand reaches a higher acceptance level through mutual adjustment. Its downside is the lack of usage. Furthermore the behaviour is not predictable, which can either lead to mostly positive outcomes or the complete break-down of the diffusion process. The simulation shows that organisations have to decide during the introduction of a new technology whether they want high usage rates fast with the risk of failing in the long term or establish a self-enforcing and sustainable diffusion processes which requires more time to be effective.}, language = {de} } @techreport{SultanowVolkovCox2017, author = {Sultanow, Eldar and Volkov, Denis and Cox, Sean}, title = {Introducing a Finite State Machine for processing Collatz Sequences}, edition = {2nd version}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404738}, pages = {17}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The present work will introduce a Finite State Machine (FSM) that processes any Collatz Sequence; further, we will endeavor to investigate its behavior in relationship to transformations of a special infinite input. Moreover, we will prove that the machine's word transformation is equivalent to the standard Collatz number transformation and subsequently discuss the possibilities for use of this approach at solving similar problems. The benefit of this approach is that the investigation of the word transformation performed by the Finite State Machine is less complicated than the traditional number-theoretical transformation.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Stroebele2017, author = {Str{\"o}bele, Heiko}, title = {Simulative Prognose der Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeit von Unternehmen}, series = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken}, journal = {Schriftenreihe Finanzierung und Banken}, number = {29}, publisher = {Verlag Wissenschaft \& Praxis}, address = {Sternenfels}, isbn = {978-3-89673-728-1}, pages = {XXVI, 319 S.}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Der Erfolg eines Finanzinstituts im Kreditgesch{\"a}ft mit Firmenkunden wird maßgeblich von der F{\"a}higkeit bestimmt, die k{\"u}nftige Bonit{\"a}t von Unternehmen einzusch{\"a}tzen. Durch eine zunehmend starke Regulierung und einen sich versch{\"a}rfenden Wettbewerb gewinnen prognosestarke Kreditrisikomodelle weiter an Bedeutung. Sowohl in der theoretischen Forschung als auch in der Regulierungspraxis, wie in der Kreditwirtschaft insgesamt, dominieren jedoch seit Jahrzehnten Modelle und Verfahren der Ausfallprognose, welche eine starke Vergangenheitsorientierung implizieren. Dies betrifft im Grunde die gesamte betriebswirtschaftliche Krisenforschung. Dieses Spannungsfeld - einhergehend mit einer mangelnden theoretischen Fundierung bisheriger Ans{\"a}tze zur Bonit{\"a}tsprognose - greift der Autor auf, indem er die Logik des Unternehmensbewertungsmodells von Schwartz/Moon (2001) auf die Ausfallprognose von Unternehmen {\"u}bertr{\"a}gt. Erweiterungen dieses Modells, etwa um die Ber{\"u}cksichtigung qualitativer Einflussfaktoren wie der Managementqualit{\"a}t, resultieren im Potsdamer Modell zur simulativen Prognose der Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeit von Unternehmen. Ausgangspunkt des Verfahrens bildet die Monte Carlo Simulation, wodurch - im Gegensatz zu traditionellen Verfahren der Insolvenzprognose - {\"o}konomisch fundierte Ursache-Wirkungszusammenh{\"a}nge einen Ausfall definieren. Die empirische Untersuchung verdeutlicht das große Potenzial des Modells und damit einhergehend die Notwendigkeit eines Paradigmenwechsels bei der Prognose der Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeit von Unternehmen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Schmierer2017, author = {Schmierer, Christoph}, title = {Technologietransfer und Spillovereffekte ausl{\"a}ndischer Tochterunternehmen in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenl{\"a}ndern}, series = {Potsdam Economic Studies}, journal = {Potsdam Economic Studies}, number = {6}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-398-5}, issn = {2196-8691}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-103988}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2017}, abstract = {F{\"u}r den Industrialisierungsprozess von Entwicklungs- und Schwellenl{\"a}ndern haben ausl{\"a}ndische Direktinvestitionen (ADI) eine wichtige Funktion. Sie k{\"o}nnen zum einen zu einer Erh{\"o}hung des industriellen Output des Ziellandes f{\"u}hren und zum anderen als Tr{\"a}ger von technologischem Wissen fungieren. Neues Wissen kann den Empf{\"a}ngerl{\"a}ndern der ADI durch Spillovereffekte und Technologietransfers ausl{\"a}ndischer Tochterunternehmen zufließen. Diese Arbeit soll Antworten auf die Fragen geben, durch welche Mechanismen Spillovereffekte und Technologietransfers ausgel{\"o}st werden und wie Entwicklungs- und Schwellenl{\"a}ndern diesen Wissenszufluss zur Beschleunigung ihres Industrialisierungsprozesses einsetzen k{\"o}nnen. Hierf{\"u}r wird ein Konzept zur F{\"o}rderung von Spillovereffekten entwickelt. Weiterhin wird ein theoretisches Modell entwickelt, in dem der Technologietransfer ausl{\"a}ndischer Exportplattformen erstmals in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit des Anteils der Vorprodukte, die im Gastland nachgefragt werden, untersucht. In den Fallstudien Irland und Malaysia werden die Ergebnisse des theoretischen Modells sowie des entwickelten Konzepts illustriert.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Wagner2017, author = {Wagner, Mario}, title = {Industrie 4.0 und demografische Entwicklung aus strukturationstheoretischer Sicht}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412230}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {235}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Das Ziel der Arbeit ist die Entwicklung eines heuristischen Bezugsrahmens zur Erkl{\"a}rung der Komplexit{\"a}t im Kontext von Industrie 4.0 und der demografischen Entwicklung aus strukturationstheoretischer Sicht. Dabei sind in Bezug auf die zuk{\"u}nftig zu erwartenden kognitiven Anforderungen an die Besch{\"a}ftigten die Fragen essentiell, vor welchen Herausforderungen Unternehmen bez{\"u}glich der Einstellung und dem Verhalten sowie dem Erfahrungswissen der Besch{\"a}ftigten stehen und welche L{\"o}sungsans{\"a}tze sich im Umgang mit den Herausforderungen in der Praxis bisher als hilfreich erweisen. In Kapitel 1 erfolgt zun{\"a}chst die Beschreibung der Ausgangslage. Es werden die Begriffe Industrie 4.0 und demografische Entwicklung inhaltlich diskutiert und in einen theoretischen Zusammenhang gebracht. In Kapitel 2 erfolgt die theoretische Fundierung der Arbeit. Dabei wird eine strukturationstheoretische Sicht auf Unternehmen als soziotechnische Systeme eingenommen. Durch diese „nicht deterministische" Sichtweise wird ein prozessualer Blick auf den Wandlungsprozess in Unternehmen geschaffen, der es m{\"o}glich macht, die Besch{\"a}ftigten als aktiv handelnde Akteure im Sinne von „organisieren" zur Erkl{\"a}rung m{\"o}glicher Zusammenh{\"a}nge zwischen Industrie 4.0 und der demografischen Entwicklung mit einzubeziehen. Der soziotechnische Systemansatz und die Strukturationstheorie bilden in diesem Sinne den „Kern" des zu entwickelnden heuristischen Bezugsrahmens. Die inhaltliche Gestaltung des theoriebasierten heuristischen Bezugsrahmens erfolgt in Kapitel 3 und Kapitel 4. Kapitel 3 beschreibt ausgew{\"a}hlte Aspekte zuk{\"u}nftiger Anforderungen an die Arbeit, die durch eine systematische Aufbereitung des derzeitigen Forschungsstandes zu Industrie 4.0 ermittelt wurden. Sie bilden die „Gestaltungsgrenzen", innerhalb derer sich je nach betrieblicher Situation unterschiedliche neue oder ge{\"a}nderte Anforderungen an die Besch{\"a}ftigten bei der Gestaltung von Industrie 4.0 ableiten lassen. In Kapitel 4 werden ausgew{\"a}hlte Aspekte menschlichen Handelns am Beispiel {\"a}lterer Besch{\"a}ftigter in Form zweier Schwerpunkte beschrieben. Der erste Schwerpunkt betrifft m{\"o}gliche Einflussfaktoren auf die Einstellung und das Verhalten {\"a}lterer Besch{\"a}ftigter im Wandlungsprozess aufgrund eines vorherrschenden Altersbildes im Unternehmen. Grundlage hierzu bildete die Stigmatisierungstheorie als interaktionistischer Ansatz der Sozialtheorie. Mit dem zweiten Schwerpunkt, den ausgew{\"a}hlten handlungstheoretischen Aspekten der Alternsforschung aus der Entwicklungspsychologie, wird eine Lebensspannenperspektive eingenommen. Inhaltlich werden die komplexit{\"a}tsinduzierten Faktoren, die sich aus handlungstheoretischer Perspektive mit der Adaptation von {\"a}lteren Besch{\"a}ftigten an ver{\"a}nderte {\"a}ußere und pers{\"o}nliche Lebensbedingungen besch{\"a}ftigen, systematisiert. Anschließend wird auf Grundlage der bisherigen theoretischen Vor{\"u}berlegungen ein erster theoriebasierter Bezugsrahmen abgeleitet. Kapitel 5 und Kapitel 6 beschreiben den empirischen Teil, die Durchf{\"u}hrung teilstrukturierter Interviews, der Arbeit. Ziel der empirischen Untersuchung war es, neben der theoretischen Fundierung den theoriebasierten heuristischen Bezugsrahmen um Praxiserfahrungen zu konkretisieren und gegebenenfalls zu erg{\"a}nzen. Hierzu wurde auf Grundlage des theoriebasierten heuristischen Bezugsrahmens mittels teilstrukturierter Interviews das Erfahrungswissen von 23 Experten in pers{\"o}nlichen Gespr{\"a}chen abgefragt. Nachdem in Kapitel 5 die Vorgehensweise der empirischen Untersuchung beschrieben wird, erfolgt in Kapitel 6 die Beschreibung der Ergebnisse aus der qualitativen Befragung. Hierzu werden aus den pers{\"o}nlichen Gespr{\"a}chen zentrale Einflussfaktoren bei der Gestaltung und Umsetzung von Industrie 4.0 im Kontext mit der demografischen Entwicklung analysiert und in die {\"u}bergeordneten Kategorien Handlungskompetenzen, Einstellung/ Verhalten sowie Erfahrungswissen geclustert. Anschließend wird der theoriebasierte heuristische Bezugsrahmen durch die {\"u}bergeordneten Kategorien und Faktoren aus den Expertengespr{\"a}chen konkretisiert und erg{\"a}nzt. In Kapitel 7 werden auf Grundlage des heuristischen Bezugsrahmens sowie der Empfehlungen aus den Experteninterviews beispielhaft Implikationen f{\"u}r die Praxis abgeleitet. Es werden Interventionsm{\"o}glichkeiten zur Unterst{\"u}tzung einer positiven Ver{\"a}nderungsbereitschaft und einem positiven Ver{\"a}nderungsverhalten f{\"u}r den Strukturwandel aufgezeigt. Hierzu geh{\"o}ren die Anpassung des F{\"u}hrungsverhaltens im Wandlungsprozess, der Umgang mit der Paradoxie von Stabilit{\"a}t und Flexibilit{\"a}t, der Umgang mit Altersstereotypen in Unternehmen, die Unterst{\"u}tzung von Strategien zu Selektion, Optimierung und Kompensation sowie Maßnahmen zur Ausrichtung von Aktivit{\"a}ten an die Potenzialrisiken der Besch{\"a}ftigten. Eine Zusammenfassung, ein Res{\"u}mee und ein Ausblick erfolgen abschließend in Kapitel 8.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Herzog2017, author = {Herzog, Christian}, title = {Kooperative Fachkr{\"a}ftesicherung {\"u}ber regionale Netzwerke}, series = {Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis ; 474}, journal = {Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis ; 474}, publisher = {Kovac}, address = {Hamburg}, isbn = {978-3-8300-9399-2}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {197}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Clusterstrukturen werden vielfach diskutiert. Vom Allheilmittel bis hin zum chaotischen Konzept sind viele Ideen und Meinungen vertreten. Dabei ist es schon schwierig, eine einheitliche Clusterdefinition zu finden. Dennoch existieren in der Realit{\"a}t sehr viele Cluster in Deutschland, aber auch in Europa, mit unterschiedlichsten Schwerpunkten. Insbesondere in Deutschland werden bis heute stetig neue Clusterstrukturen etabliert - sowohl auf Bundes- als auch auf Landesebene. Im Fokus stehen meist Synergien im Bereich der Beschaffung oder auch der Innovations­entwicklung. Dabei ist einer der dr{\"a}ngendsten Fragen der unter­nehmerischen Entwicklung, die richtigen Talente zu finden. In Zeiten eines stetig wachsenden Fachkr{\"a}ftemangels, haben Cluster noch keinen L{\"o}sungsansatz gefunden, diesem Bed{\"u}rfnis Ihrer Akteure Rechnung zu tragen. Am Beispiel des Clusters Energietechnik der L{\"a}nder Berlin und Brandenburg versucht der Autor, genau solche L{\"o}sungsans{\"a}tze zu analysieren, aufzuzeigen und die Rolle des Clusters und seines Cluster­managements in diesem Prozess zu definieren. Ist ein Clustermanagement in der Pflicht, Ideen im Cluster zu platzieren, oder eher in der Rolle eines Katalysators von Ideen? Wie m{\"u}sste ein Cluster­management zusammengesetzt sein, um solch eine Herausforderung mit gr{\"o}ßtm{\"o}glicher Akzeptanz anzugehen und wie kann opportunistisches Verhalten der Clusterakteure dabei verhindert werden? Die zentrale Frage, welche sich letztendlich daraus ableitet, ist, ob ein Clustermanagement in diesem Prozess eine Br{\"u}ckenfunktion im Sinne eines Boundary Spanners einnehmen und damit einen wirklichen Mehrwert im Sinne einer clusterbezogenen Fachkr{\"a}ftesicherung bieten kann.}, language = {de} } @book{RascheRehder2017, author = {Rasche, Christoph and Rehder, Stephan A.}, title = {Internationales Management}, series = {Kohlhammer executive education}, journal = {Kohlhammer executive education}, editor = {Wagner, Dieter and M{\"u}lller, Magnus and Madani, Roya}, publisher = {Kohlhammer}, address = {Stuttgart}, isbn = {978-3-17-033399-4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {101}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @book{HeineRehder2017, author = {Heine, Moreen and Rehder, Stephan A.}, title = {Gesch{\"a}ftsprozessmanagement}, series = {Kohlhammer Executive Education}, journal = {Kohlhammer Executive Education}, editor = {Wagner, Dieter and M{\"u}ller, Magnus and Madani, Roya}, publisher = {Kohlhammer}, address = {Stuttgart}, isbn = {978-3-17-033391-8}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {77}, year = {2017}, language = {de} }