@phdthesis{Kamprath2014, author = {Kamprath, Martin}, title = {A microfoundations perspectives on fresight and business models}, pages = {224}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{Goetz2014, author = {Goetz, Klaus Hermann}, title = {A question of time: responsive and responsible democratic politics}, series = {West European politics}, volume = {37}, journal = {West European politics}, number = {2}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0140-2382}, doi = {10.1080/01402382.2014.887880}, pages = {379 -- 399}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Since 2008, European crisis politics have thrown the importance of time in democracy into sharp relief. The need for rapid action by national authorities, the EU and international organisations conflicts with the time-consuming nature of democratic deliberation; short-term political firefighting has given little consideration to the long-term sustainability and time consistency of policies; and decentralised decisions threaten effective synchronisation within multi-level governance systems. This article suggests that democratic politics requires a balance between the temporal characteristics of responsive and responsible politics. The timeframe for responsive politics is shaped by electoral cycles that encourage speedy action; short-term lags between political choices and their effects; and temporal discretion of decision-makers. The timeframe for responsible politics is characterised by time-consuming procedures; solutions that take time to unfold and are sustainable in the longer term; and the purposive synchronisation amongst actors and across policy domains and levels of policy-making. The finely balanced temporal constitution of democracy has been challenged in two fundamental ways. First, as the ability of decision-makers to work within the time limits of their mandates and to respond to the temporal expectations of the electorate decreases, the temporal ties that ensure the responsiveness of political authority to the electorate weaken. Second, the distinct temporal qualities of majoritarian and non-majoritarian institutions that encourage responsibility are called into question. Consequently, political time in Europe runs the risk of becoming both less responsive and less responsible.}, language = {en} } @book{NastanskyMehnertStrohe2014, author = {Nastansky, Andreas and Mehnert, Alexander and Strohe, Hans Gerhard}, title = {A vector error correction model for the relationship between public debt and inflation in Germany}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-50246}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2014}, abstract = {In the paper, the interaction between public debt and inflation including mutual impulse response will be analysed. The European sovereign debt crisis brought once again the focus on the consequences of public debt in combination with an expansive monetary policy for the development of consumer prices. Public deficits can lead to inflation if the money supply is expansive. The high level of national debt, not only in the Euro-crisis countries, and the strong increase in total assets of the European Central Bank, as a result of the unconventional monetary policy, caused fears on inflating national debt. The transmission from public debt to inflation through money supply and long-term interest rate will be shown in the paper. Based on these theoretical thoughts, the variables public debt, consumer price index, money supply m3 and long-term interest rate will be analysed within a vector error correction model estimated by Johansen approach. In the empirical part of the article, quarterly data for Germany from 1991 by 2010 are to be examined.}, language = {en} } @article{Borck2014, author = {Borck, Rainald}, title = {Adieu Rabenmutter-culture, fertility, female labour supply, the gender wage gap and childcare}, series = {Journal of population economics}, volume = {27}, journal = {Journal of population economics}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {0933-1433}, doi = {10.1007/s00148-013-0499-z}, pages = {739 -- 765}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This paper studies the effect of cultural attitudes on childcare provision, fertility, female labour supply and the gender wage gap. Cross-country data show that fertility, female labour force participation and childcare provision are positively correlated with each other, while the gender wage gap seems to be negatively correlated with these variables. The paper presents a model with endogenous fertility, female labour supply and childcare choices driven by cultural attitudes which fits these facts. There may exist multiple equilibria: one with zero childcare provision, low fertility and female labour supply and high wage gap and one with high childcare provision, high fertility and female labour supply and low wage gap.}, language = {en} } @article{FroemingSchmidRuessbueldtetal.2014, author = {Fr{\"o}ming, Jane and Schmid, Simone and R{\"u}ßb{\"u}ldt, Uwe and Gronau, Norbert}, title = {Anforderungs- und wissensorientierte Zusammenstellung von Projektteams}, series = {Handbuch prozessorientiertes Wissensmanagment}, journal = {Handbuch prozessorientiertes Wissensmanagment}, publisher = {GITO}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-026-7}, pages = {85 -- 91}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Lindemann2014, author = {Lindemann, Marcus}, title = {Architekturmuster f{\"u}r Software-Produktlinien : Konzeption einer Methode zur Evaluation und Auswahl von Architekturmustern f{\"u}r die Gestaltung von Software-Produktlinien}, publisher = {Gito-Verl.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-068-7}, pages = {278 S.}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @article{FroemingGronau2014, author = {Fr{\"o}ming, Jane and Gronau, Norbert}, title = {Ber{\"u}cksichtigung der Gesch{\"a}ftsprozesse bei Personalplanung erzeugt Wissenszuwachs}, series = {Handbuch prozessorientiertes Wissensmanagment}, journal = {Handbuch prozessorientiertes Wissensmanagment}, publisher = {GITO}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-95545-026-7}, pages = {201 -- 208}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @article{Guenther2014, author = {G{\"u}nther, Oliver}, title = {Big Data: What is it? And what does it mean for science, economy and society?}, series = {Informatik-Spektrum}, volume = {37}, journal = {Informatik-Spektrum}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, address = {Heidelberg}, issn = {0170-6012}, doi = {10.1007/s00287-014-0783-7}, pages = {85 -- 86}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Loersch2014, author = {Loersch, Christian}, title = {Business start-ups and the effect of coaching programs}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-72605}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XII, 282}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Entrepreneurship is known to be a main driver of economic growth. Hence, governments have an interest in supporting and promoting entrepreneurial activities. Start-up subsidies, which have been analyzed extensively, only aim at mitigating the lack of financial capital. However, some entrepreneurs also lack in human, social, and managerial capital. One way to address these shortcomings is by subsidizing coaching programs for entrepreneurs. However, theoretical and empirical evidence about business coaching and programs subsidizing coaching is scarce. This dissertation gives an extensive overview of coaching and is the first empirical study for Germany analyzing the effects of coaching programs on its participants. In the theoretical part of the dissertation the process of a business start-up is described and it is discussed how and in which stage of the company's evolvement coaching can influence entrepreneurial success. The concept of coaching is compared to other non-monetary types of support as training, mentoring, consulting, and counseling. Furthermore, national and international support programs are described. Most programs have either no or small positive effects. However, there is little quantitative evidence in the international literature. In the empirical part of the dissertation the effectiveness of coaching is shown by evaluating two German coaching programs, which support entrepreneurs via publicly subsidized coaching sessions. One of the programs aims at entrepreneurs who have been employed before becoming self-employed, whereas the other program is targeted at former unemployed entrepreneurs. The analysis is based on the evaluation of a quantitative and a qualitative dataset. The qualitative data are gathered by intensive one-on-one interviews with coaches and entrepreneurs. These data give a detailed insight about the coaching topics, duration, process, effectiveness, and the thoughts of coaches and entrepreneurs. The quantitative data include information about 2,936 German-based entrepreneurs. Using propensity score matching, the success of participants of the two coaching programs is compared with adequate groups of non-participants. In contrast to many other studies also personality traits are observed and controlled for in the matching process. The results show that only the program for former unemployed entrepreneurs has small positive effects. Participants have a larger survival probability in self-employment and a larger probability to hire employees than matched non-participants. In contrast, the program for former employed individuals has negative effects. Compared to individuals who did not participate in the coaching program, participants have a lower probability to stay in self-employment, lower earned net income, lower number of employees and lower life satisfaction. There are several reasons for these differing results of the two programs. First, former unemployed individuals have more basic coaching needs than former employed individuals. Coaches can satisfy these basic coaching needs, whereas former employed individuals have more complex business problems, which are not very easy to be solved by a coaching intervention. Second, the analysis reveals that former employed individuals are very successful in general. It is easier to increase the success of former unemployed individuals as they have a lower base level of success than former employed individuals. An effect heterogeneity analysis shows that coaching effectiveness differs by region. Coaching for previously unemployed entrepreneurs is especially useful in regions with bad labor market conditions. In summary, in line with previous literature, it is found that coaching has little effects on the success of entrepreneurs. The previous employment status, the characteristics of the entrepreneur and the regional labor market conditions play a crucial role in the effectiveness of coaching. In conclusion, coaching needs to be well tailored to the individual and applied thoroughly. Therefore, governments should design and provide coaching programs only after due consideration.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Hewing2014, author = {Hewing, Martin}, title = {Collaboration with potential users for discontinuous innovation : eperimental research on user creativity}, publisher = {Springer Gabler}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-03752-9}, pages = {173 S.}, year = {2014}, language = {en} }