TY - CHAP A1 - Dörfler, Thomas A1 - Hosli, Madeleine O. T1 - Reforming the United Nations Security Council BT - proposals, strategies and preferences T2 - Routledge Handbook of International Organization Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-0-415-50143-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203405345.ch28 SP - 377 EP - 390 PB - Routledge CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Günther, Oliver A1 - van Putten, Bart-Jan A1 - Brecht, Franziska T1 - Challenges in Business Case Development and Requirements for Business Case Frameworks JF - Supporting Reuse in Business Case Development N2 - Business cases (BC) are often used to support information systems (IS) investment evaluation. Unfortunately, business case development (BCD) is a complex task, especially identifying and quantifying the benefits of a proposed investment. Although today’s business case frameworks (BCF) support BCD to some extent, they have several limitations Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-3-658-01170-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01171-0_2 SP - 8 EP - 22 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kneiding, Christoph A1 - Kritikos, Alexander T1 - Funding self-employment - the role of consumer credit JF - Applied economics N2 - This article investigates whether self-employed households use consumer loans - in particular, instalment loans and overdrafts - to finance business activities. Controlling for financial and nonfinancial household variables, we show that self-employed households particularly use personal overdrafts significantly more often than employee households. When analysing the correlation between consumer loan take-ups and consumption of self-employed in comparison to employee households, we find first evidence that overdrafts are used by self-employed to finance their business as well. This indicates that intermingling constitutes a financing strategy when regular business loans might not be accessible. KW - small business finance KW - consumer credit KW - financial intermingling KW - household business interface Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.637895 SN - 0003-6846 VL - 45 IS - 13 SP - 1741 EP - 1749 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eppinger, Elisabeth A1 - Vladova, Gergana T1 - Intellectual property management practices at small and medium-sized enterprises JF - International journal of technology management N2 - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) contribute to innovation and economic growth, despite their resource shortages and lack of professional intellectual property (IP) management practices. Drawing on social practice theory and combining insights from recent scholarship on IP strategies and its management, this paper examines the cases of three pharmaceutical SME providing insights into how they appropriate returns on research and development (R&D) investments. It discusses their IP strategies and management practices, examining how the IP management practices are embedded in the firm's organisational structure. Moreover, this paper develops recommendations for SME regarding the professionalisation of their IP management practices. KW - IP management KW - intellectual property rights KW - IPR KW - IP strategy KW - patents KW - pharmaceutical industry KW - practice theory KW - small and medium-sized enterprise KW - SME Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2013.050244 SN - 0267-5730 VL - 61 IS - 1 SP - 64 EP - 81 PB - Inderscience Enterprises Ltd CY - Geneva ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Daviter, Falk T1 - Framing Europe the policy shaping strategies of the European commission JF - Public administration Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2012.02110.x SN - 0033-3298 VL - 91 IS - 1 SP - 245 EP - 247 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hickmann, Thomas T1 - Private authority in global climate governance the case of the clean development mechanism JF - Climate & development N2 - The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a prominent example of the mix of public and private authority in global climate policy-making. While national governments hold the supreme authority in the CDM, the oversight and daily supervision of the project-based mechanism have been delegated via an intergovernmental body to private corporations that evaluate the environmental performance of individual CDM projects. By focusing on the CDM as a particular instance of private authority in global climate governance, this article analyses the consequences associated with the delegation of authority to private actors. The article critically assesses the role of private auditing corporations, labelled Designated Operational Entities, in the regulatory framework of the CDM and points to serious trade-offs which accompany the privatisation of authority. The article's findings suggest that the promise of innovative modes of governance to increase the effectiveness of international regulation is seriously compromised by the profit-seeking behaviour of private actors. Hence, the article underscores the need to reconsider the balance between public and private authority in global (climate) governance. KW - carbon markets KW - Clean Development Mechanism KW - climate policy KW - global climate governance KW - post-2012 negotiations KW - private authority Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2013.768174 SN - 1756-5529 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 46 EP - 54 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stecker, Christian T1 - Parliaments and coalitions: - the role of legislative institutions in multiparty governance JF - Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft Y1 - 2013 SN - 0032-3470 VL - 54 IS - 2 SP - 383 EP - 385 PB - Nomos CY - Hannover ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vöth, Markus A1 - Herbst, Uta A1 - Liess, Frank T1 - We know exactly what you want the development of a completely individualised conjoint analysis JF - International journal of market research N2 - Improving the predictive validity of conjoint analysis has been an important research objective for many years. Whereas the majority of attempts have been different approaches to preference modelling, data collection or product presentation, only a few scholars have tried to improve predictive validity by individualising conjoint designs. This comes as a surprise because many markets have observed an augmented demand for customised products and highly heterogeneous customers' preferences. Against this background, the authors develop a conjoint variant based on a completely individualised conjoint design. More concretely, the new approach not only individualises the attributes, but also the attribute levels. The results of a comprehensive empirical study yield a significantly higher validity than existing standardised-level conjoint approaches. Consequently, they help marketers to gain deeper insights into their customers' preferences. Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2501/IJMR-2013-038 SN - 1470-7853 VL - 55 IS - 3 SP - 437 EP - 458 PB - Market Research Society CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kroll, Alexander T1 - The other type of performance information - nonroutine feedback, its relevance and use JF - Public administration review N2 - The literature on performance information use explains how public managers deal with mainly quantitative data that are systematically collected and formally reported. This article argues that such a narrow understanding is incomplete, as it excludes all kinds of nonroutine performance information, including verbal, ad hoc, and qualitative feedback. To understand how responsive public managers are to performance feedback, alternative sources of performance information need to be taken into account. A literature review suggests considering two important sources of nonroutine feedback: organizational insiders and relevant external stakeholders. Using survey data from German local government, this article shows that public managers prefer to use nonroutine feedback over routine data from performance reports. Furthermore, a regression analysis indicates that different sources of performance information require different determinants to trigger their use. This finding is essential because it suggests that explanations of performance information use can covary with the information source studied. Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2012.02648.x SN - 0033-3352 VL - 73 IS - 2 SP - 265 EP - 276 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Andree, Kai T1 - A note on merger in mixed duopoly - Bertrand versus Cournot JF - Journal of economics N2 - In this note we analyze the incentives to merge in a mixed duopoly if firms compete in prices or quantities. Our model framework mainly follows Barcena-Ruiz and Garzon (J Econ 80:27-42, 2003) who set up the model with quantity competition. We extend their analysis by analyzing the case of competition in prices. Further we compare the incentives to merge with Bertrand and Cournot competition. Comparing quantity with price competition we can show that a merger is more likely with Cournot competition than with Bertrand competition. KW - Merger KW - Price competition KW - Mixed duopoly Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-012-0280-x SN - 0931-8658 VL - 108 IS - 3 SP - 291 EP - 298 PB - Springer CY - Wien ER -