TY - JOUR A1 - Mitzner, Dana A1 - Reger, Guido T1 - Strategic foresight in Biotechnology firms practice and requirements JF - Proceedings of international forum on technological innovation and competitive technical intelligence '2008 Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-7-301-15500-4 SP - 2 EP - 22 PB - Peking University Press CY - Beijing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sanner, Helge T1 - Economy vs. history : what does actually determine the distribution of shops' locations in cities? N2 - This study examines in which cases economic forces or historical singularities prevail in the determination of the spatial distribution of retail shops. We develop a model of location choice in discrete space. The main force towards an agglomerated structure is the reduction of transaction costs for consumers if retailers are located closely, whilst competition and transport costs work towards a disperse structure. We assess the importance of the initial conditions by simulating the resulting distribution of shops for identical economic parameters but varying initial settings. If the equilibrium distributions are similar we conclude that economic forces have prevailed, while dissimilarity indicates that 'history' is more important. The (dis)similarity of distributions of shops is calculated by means of a metric measure. Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/100498 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-008-0221-3 SN - 0570-1864 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meyer-Sahling, Jan-Hinrik A1 - Götz, Klaus H. T1 - The EU timescape : from notion to research agenda N2 - This article outlines how the notion of an EU timescape may be developed into a fruitful research agenda. It sets out central tasks involved, including clarification of the concept of an EU timescape; of the key empirical questions to be asked; and of the status of political time in variable-oriented research. The article illustrates the potential value-added of a time-centred approach to the study of the EU by highlighting temporal issues in EU enlargement, differentiated integration and democratization. It concludes with thoughts on the comparison of democratic timescapes. Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713685697~db=all U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13501760802589404 SN - 1350-1763 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Mobility creates process proximity Y1 - 2009 SN - 1434-2308 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goetz, Klaus Hermann A1 - Meyer-Sahling, Jan-Hinrik T1 - Political time in the EU : dimensions, perspectives, theories N2 - The manner in which time is institutionalized is critical to how a political system works. Terms, time budgets and time horizons of collective and individual political actors; rights over timing, sequencing and speed in decision- making; and the temporal properties of policy matter to the distribution of power; efficiency and effectiveness of policy-making; and democratic legitimacy. This article makes a case for the systematic study of political time in the European Union (EU) - both as an independent and a dependent variable - and highlights the analytical value-added of a time-centred analysis. The article discusses previous scholarship on the institutionalization of political time and its consequences along the dimensions of polity, politics and policy; and then reviews dominant perspectives on political time, which centre on power, system performance and legitimacy. These perspectives tie in with diverse theoretical traditions in the study of the EU. Taken together, dimensions, perspectives and theories help to guide time-centred analyses of the EU political system. Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rjpp U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13501760802589198 SN - 1350-1763 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Götz, Klaus H. T1 - How does the EU tick? : Five propositions on political time N2 - In what manner is political time institutionalized in the political system of the EU? This article advances five propositions on political time in the EU and highlights their implications for the workings of the EU. The propositions stress: (i) the absence of a dominant EU political cycle, which creates problems of mobilization and synchronization, but also allows for temporal plurality; (ii) an emphasis on linear political time, associated with ongoingness and open-endedness, as opposed to cyclical political time, which favours discontinuity in institutional practices and policies; (iii) intensive bargaining over time-setting, which encourages governing by timetable; (iv) the sensitivity of EU political time to member state influence, on the one hand, and (v) the Europeanization of political time in the member states, on the other. The balances struck in the temporal constitution of the EU are critical to its future. Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rjpp U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13501760802589214 SN - 1350-1763 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Alon, Ilan A1 - Chang, Julian A1 - Fetscherin, Marc A1 - Lattemann, Christoph A1 - McIntyre, John R. T1 - Final Reflections Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-0-230-57625-4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mietzner, Dana A1 - Nolting, Michael T1 - Born global oder Schritt für Schritt? : Internationalisierung in der Biotechnologie Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Kupke, Sören T1 - Allianzfähigkeit von Unternehmen : Konzepte und Fallstudien ; mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. Christoph Lattermann Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-8349-2007-2 PB - Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Andresen, Katja A1 - Gronau, Norbert T1 - Adjustment strategies for managing unanticipated changes in software development processes Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.wi2009.at/ SN - 978-3-85403-246-5 ER -