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This book offers an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of the Vietnamese economy, which is the fast-growing economy in Southeast Asia. The country has invested heavily in education, health, and development infrastructure across the country. Progress in recent decades has been strong and Vietnam has attracted significant relocation and outsourcing of production from The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. In the recent years, much of the foreign direct investment from China has been channeled to Vietnam. The state's development policy has created optimal conditions for further expansion of production, supply chain, education and finances. Investment in education, health, infrastructure, administration and regulations is facilitating investment inflows, technology transfer and spillover to the growing national companies. The educated young population and disciplined labor force have provided a strong basis for the growth of the economy. The high level of productivity, improved quality of products, low and competitive cost of production, and over 100 million people provide a strong base for a continuous economic growth. This edited volume, brings together selected papers presented at The 5th International Conference on Business (ICB 2023), providing good insights into the features of the economy and its development potential. They provide an up-to-date overview and an empirical research-based picture of the recent trends in Vietnam's economic development. The book would be a useful read for educators, undergraduate and graduate students, domestic and foreign investors, government agencies, provincial and industrial sector decision-makers, trade partners, libraries, individual researchers, and professional and practitioners. It helps to fill the gap in knowledge and inform development planners and investors about different sectors of the Vietnamese economy and its development potential.

This book presents selected theoretical and empirical papers from the 26th and 27th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conferences, held in Prague, Czech Republic, and Bali, Indonesia. Covering diverse areas of business and management in various geographic regions, it addresses a range of current topics, such as human resources, management, SMEs and marketing. It also includes related studies that analyze management and marketing aspects, e.g. workplace learning, gamification in business, resilience and entrepreneurship, the use of IT tools in small businesses, and dynamic marketing capabilities in an intercultural environment.

This book covers advancements across business domains in knowledge and information management. It presents research trends in the fields of management, innovation, and technology, and is composed of research papers that show applications of IT, analytics, and business operations in industry and in educational institutions.It offers a combination of scientific research methods and concepts, with contributions from globally renowned authors; presents various management domains from a number of countries for a global perspective; and provides a unique combination of topics and methods while giving insights on the management domain using a holistic approach.The book provides scholars with a platform to derive maximum utility in the area of management, research, and technology by subscribing to the idea of managing business through performance and management technology.

The International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management is sponsored by the Chinese Industrial Engineering Institution, CMES, which is the only national-level academic society for Industrial Engineering. The conference is held annually as the major event in this arena. Being the largest and the most authoritative international academic conference held in China, it provides an academic platform for experts and entrepreneurs in the areas of international industrial engineering and management to exchange their research findings. Many experts in various fields from China and around the world gather together at the conference to review, exchange, summarize and promote their achievements in the fields of industrial engineering and engineering management. For example, some experts pay special attention to the current state of the application of related techniques in China as well as their future prospects, such as green product design, quality control and management, supply chain and logistics management to address the need for, amongst other things low-carbon, energy-saving and emission-reduction. They also offer opinions on the outlook for the development of related techniques. The proceedings offers impressive methods and concrete applications for experts from colleges and universities, research institutions and enterprises who are engaged in theoretical research into industrial engineering and engineering management and its applications. As all the papers are of great value from both an academic and a practical point of view, they also provide research data for international scholars who are investigating Chinese style enterprises and engineering management.

Technology transfer has expanded rapidly over the past 20 years in Western Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. It has been estimated that some 50% of new products and processes will originate outside the primary developer; academic and other research institutions are obvious sources of much of this new technology. In the NATO Co-operating countries, however, technology transfer is in its infancy; it is crucial for wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life that this mechanism is developed. The papers selected for inclusion in this book discuss issues related to the development of technology transfer in NATO Co-operating countries. The book identifies crucial research issues for science and technology policy researchers and, as a conclusion, offers some policy recommendations. The authors are drawn from NATO and Co-operating partner countries, from other parts of the world, and from international organisations. The focus of the book is on the institutional framework of knowledge and technology transfer; intellectual property rights as sources of information and tools for co-operation; international, national and regional aspects of knowledge and technology dissemination and diffusion; and networking. Audience: Academic institutions, research institutes, intellectual property practitioners, science and technology policy makers, technology transfer managers, high-tech industries.

The International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management is sponsored by the Chinese Industrial Engineering Institution, CMES, which is the only national-level academic society for Industrial Engineering. The conference is held annually as the major event in this arena. Being the largest and the most authoritative international academic conference held in China, it provides an academic platform for experts and entrepreneurs in the areas of international industrial engineering and management to exchange their research findings. Many experts in various fields from China and around the world gather together at the conference to review, exchange, summarize and promote their achievements in the fields of industrial engineering and engineering management. For example, some experts pay special attention to the current state of the application of related techniques in China as well as their future prospects, such as green product design, quality control and management, supply chain and logistics management to address the need for, amongst other things low-carbon, energy-saving and emission-reduction. They also offer opinions on the outlook for the development of related techniques. The proceedings offers impressive methods and concrete applications for experts from colleges and universities, research institutions and enterprises who are engaged in theoretical research into industrial engineering and engineering management and its applications. As all the papers are of great value from both an academic and a practical point of view, they also provide research data for international scholars who are investigating Chinese style enterprises and engineering management.

Fiorenza Belussi, Giorgio Gottardi, and Enzo Rullani This volume collects some papers presented at the Vicenza conference'The Future of Districts', held in June 1999, organised by the Department of Technology and Management of Industrial Systems of the Faculty of Engineering of Padua University, with the collaboration of several engineers, industrial economists, and experts in the issue of technology management. This was the starting point of a long-lasting and painful colIective discussion, the results of which are documented here, during many meetings of this'itinerant'group, including the workshop in Padua, organised by Professor Luciano Pilotti and held in May 2001,'Systems, governance & knowledge within firm networks'at the Department of Economics of the University of Padua, and the recent international research seminar, held in May 2002, in Rome at the Tagliacarne Institute, within the EU sponsored project'Industrial districts're­ location processes: identifying policies of EU enlargement West-East ID'. The reason we decided to organise this book was not only to underline the importance of the industrial district (ID) model as a tool of propulsive local growth in a country like Italy. On the contrary, the idea that moved us was the theoretical dissatisfaction with the way in which the phenomenon of local development and industrial clustering of specific industries was treated in the international approach of the various disciplines.

Innovation networks are a major source for acquiring new information and knowledge and thus for supporting innovation processes. Despite the many theoretical and empirical contributions to the explanation of networks, many questions still remain open. For example: How can networks, if they do not emerge by their own, be initiated? How can fragmentation in innovation systems be overcome? And how can networking experience from market economies be transferred to the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe? By presenting a selection of papers which address innovation networking from theoretical and political viewpoints, the book aims at giving answers to these questions.

Open Innovation, d.h. die Öffnung des betrieblichen Innovationsprozesses für äußere Einflüsse, ist eines der aktuellsten Themen im Innovationsmanagement. Ziel ist, mit Blick auf Wissen und Informationen die immensen Potentiale von Lösungsquellen aus der Unternehmensperipherie zu nutzen. Dominik Walcher untersucht den internetbasierten Ideenwettbewerb als vom Unternehmen initiierte Möglichkeit, um Kunden in den frühen Phasen des Innovationsprozesses zu integrieren. Er setzt ein umfassendes Methoden- und Theoriespektrum ein und kombiniert qualitative und quantitative Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. Er transferiert Konzepte aus der Kundeninnovationsforschung (Lead-User-, Open-Source-Forschung) auf den Bereich der noch wenig untersuchten Kundenintegrationsforschung und entwickelt auf der Basis empirischer Ergebnisse das idealtypische Konzept eines externen Vorschlagswesens. Eingeschlossen sind konkrete Empfehlungen zu seiner organisatorischen Ausgestaltung und für seine Implementierung im Unternehmensalltag. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Best Paper Award Innovation Management 2006 der European Business School und dem Süd-Chemie Förderpreis 2006 für die beste Dissertation.

Organization Design: The Evolving State-of-the-Art outlines the larger role that organizational design is increasingly playing in management theory and practice. The book's chapters review the main theoretical perspectives on organization design, identify important theoretical and practical issues currently facing the field, and suggest ways for valuable research to be conducted in the future. The chapters include sections that describe how the theoretical argument or empirical study specifically informs organization design theory and practice. The volume is organized in four sections: (1) Theoretical and Practical Issues, (2) Fit, Contingency and Configuration, (3) Design and Performance, and (4) The Dynamics of Adaptation and Change. The book will be a broad discussion of topics in the field, but each individual paper will provide in depth analysis of the topic. A common element and theme is a focus on core theories in organization design and emerging perspectives. The book will be a 2005-benchmark publication of organization design theory, principles and concepts, and it will be an important step in creating better models and stronger empirical analyses.

Edwin Mansfield was a research pioneer into the economics of R and D and technological change. As appreciation and remembrance for his scholarly contributions, eminent scholars have contributed original papers for this edited volume. The authors have followed the'Mansfieldian” approach of emphasizing economic insight and intuition over mathematical rigor and as a result are very accessable. Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield has the potential to serve as a reader in all advanced undergraduate and graduate classes/seminars in the economics of R and D and technological change. This edited volume will be the definitive work in the field.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1.15, Technical University of Ilmenau, language: English, abstract: The Shapley Value is a famous solution concept of cooperative Game Theory which aims at allocating a jointly generated payoff to the contributing members under fair circumstances. It represents a unique solution to a set of predefined fairness axioms which favoured its employment in many applications and scientific literature over the years. The resulting vast amount of literature is mainly focused on applying the Shapley Value in various areas, which created a discrepancy between the advancements in practical solutions and review sources which capture a holistic overview of possible application areas. The objectives of this literature review were therefore to firstly identify application areas, then highlight the respective employment and current advancements by integrating literature sources in a second step in order to discuss the usefulness in regard to popular non-game theoretic methods at the end. Methodically, a literature review was accomplished which utilized multiple databases and search-engines to find Shapley Value-related literature, which was used to categorize application areas. From there on, keyword- and forward/backward searches were executed for every identified application area to further enrich the literature basis. In total, 168 unique studies contributed to this review which revealed that Shapley Values are employed in Profit and Cost allocation, Marketing, Machine Learning, Politics, Portfolio and Social Network Theory and in Statistics. As this review also assessed the current and future relevance of individual application areas, it was projected that a majority of the here presented applications will be of value in the future.

The growing complexity, fluidity and instability of the environment as well as changing needs are challenges that both enterprises and higher education institutions must face. Higher education institutions understand that their key product, i.e. knowledge, is a value that can and should be offered to enterprises in a desirable form as a key to innovation and development as well as the basis of the necessary internal transformation to respond to requirements of our times. Attempts to explain the process of collaboration between higher education institutions and businesses based on an institutional perspective fail to capture the complexity of this process. The purpose of this book is to develop a model approach to managerial competencies that affect the innovativeness of enterprises and to identify internal and external key factors strengthening or limiting the impact of managerial competencies on the innovativeness of an enterprise including organizational structure, strategy, organizational culture and more. It will be of value to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, management, strategy, and will be particularly useful to organizations that are aware of their operating conditions in the knowledge-based economy and of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemics on the acceleration of the digital transformation of the contemporary world. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Grasp essential economic concepts applied to the business world. If you are a student on a business or management degree or diploma and taking a one-semester module or short course which includes economics, then this text is written for you. The text covers the core economics that you will need as a business student, but also various business-related topics not typically covered in an introductory economics textbook, such as the business environment, organisation and strategy. Written in a clear and friendly style with no jargon, each chapter includes topical examples, news stories and case studies from real businesses to explain and illustrate key economic concepts as well as activities, questions and useful summaries to help you check your understanding. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent events that have shaken the business world, including the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and rampant inflation caused first by supply-chain problems after global lockdowns and then by the surge in energy, input and food prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Access the free student website that accompanies this book for additional learning support, including animated explainers of key economic models, multiple choice questions, extra case studies and answers to in-text questions.

Die Beiträge in diesem Fachbuch stellen die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Gesundheitswesens für eine Gesellschaft aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln dar. Dabei werden wirtschaftliche, sozialwissenschaftliche, medizinische und rechtliche Perspektiven eröffnet. Nach einem Überblick über die Komplexität und einer Einordnung der Vielfalt des Gesundheitswesens folgen Einblicke in die Sichtweisen der jeweiligen Stakeholder im Gesundheitssystem. Aber auch auf aktuelle methodische, prozessuale und technologische Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen wie z.B. digitale Gesundheitstechnologien wird, teils aus theoretischer und teils aus Praxissicht, eingegangen. Diese Interdisziplinarität ermöglicht es dem Leser, den eigenen Fokus zu erweitern und eine ganzheitlichere und zugleich diversifiziertere Sicht auf ein zentrales Funktionalsystem moderner Gesellschaften zu fördern. Neben der wenig überraschenden Bestätigung, dass das Gesundheitswesen eine signifikante wirtschaftliche Bedeutung für eine Volkswirtschaft hat, zeigen die Einzelbeiträge auch dessen Komplexität und Vielschichtigkeit sowie die Notwendigkeit immer wieder neu auszuhandelnder Kompromisse teils widerstreitender Interessen und Zielsetzungen.

Das Buch thematisiert die Notwendigkeit für Unternehmen, jederzeit zuverlässig und rechtssicher zu agieren. Das gilt sowohl nach innen als auch nach außen. Unternehmen und Organisationen aller Art stehen einerseits in einem Transformationsprozess der Digitalisierung, müssen sich andererseits immer stärker mit den unterschiedlichsten Bedrohungslagen sowie zunehmenden Krisen und Katastrophen auseinandersetzen. Die Autoren verschiedener Disziplinen werfen in ihren Beiträgen akute Problemstellungen von erheblicher praktischer Relevanz auf und geben Antworten auf Fragen zu den derzeitigen Herausforderungen rund um die Digitalisierung und Krisenbewältigung.

This book shows the basics, methods and principles of lean process design in production as well as in other areas such as development, engineering and administration. In addition, it serves as a reference work for practical use. Questions have been developed for each topic area for process analysis. These can be used for self-reflection and benchmarking. Numerous examples, a continuous fictitious industry case as well as learning objectives and exercises with solutions for each chapter supplement the explanations and enable optimal exam preparation.This book is a translation of the original German 2nd edition Lean Management by Frank Bertagnolli, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that thebook will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

Management geography explores the spatial characteristics of management-related issues, especially of firms. This book discusses management geography in Japan and other Asian countries from Asian perspectives. The field has made significant contributions to the global economy but has not been deeply investigated in English-language geographical literature to date. The book addresses the following critical questions:What kinds of challenges do multinational corporations in Japan and other Asian countries face?How are managerial actors in multinational enterprises (MNEs) embracing boundary-spanning activities in a global context?How do firms and related entities cultivate business pipelines and ‘buzz'within and beyond local regions?How do actors in Japanese MNEs, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and related institutions embed various managerial processes at overseas locations? This book consists of two parts:Part I discusses the application and roles of Japanese and international managerial practices in the globalizing world. Part II examines changing business communities in the industrial and rural spaces of East Asia, focusing primarily on Japan and China. This work will interest readers in a wide range of fields, including geography, management studies, economics, urban planning and sociology. The book is also suitable for upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students in geography, management studies and related fields.

The sixteenth edition of Managerial Economics combines quantitative methods and economic analysis with a practical, problem solving approach to enable students to develop the skills required to make informed managerial decisions. The text's unique, integrative approach demonstrates the cohesive nature of organizations and how business decisions are interdisciplinary. Using economic concepts and tools applied to updated examples of real-world companies and management situations, the text provides a robust approach to the practical application of the academic principles of managerial economics.

This book argues for a broader approach to sustainable growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).Small island states such as those in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and South Pacific face significant and growing threats from climate change, increasing political and social volatility, and rapidly evolving global trends in technology and tourism. Based on ten years of research, this book looks beyond the Blue Economy of tourism and fisheries and provides a model of how creative industries, innovation networks, creative clusters and digital transformation can give SIDS the foundation for a strong sustainable future. The book provides not only insights into how these emerging digital-creative sectors can drive developing economies but also actionable tools for policy makers, entrepreneurs and academics to deliver increased performance on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and, ultimately, growth and sustainability.This book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of economic geography, sustainable development, development studies and the creative industries.

The Best of Peter F. Drucker on Non-Profits and the Public SectorPeter F. Drucker's classic and timeless insights on improving effectiveness in the public sector--including government agencies, hospitals, universities, and other nonprofits--are as relevant now as when they were written.In these prescient essays, Drucker explores the merits of proper governance for nonprofits and the public sector by offering advice and guidance on effective business management strategies to help leaders of these organizations better understand, and manage, the complex challenges they face in our volatile world. Public sector leaders will learn how to apply many of Drucker's trusted management practices to nonprofits. In this practical guide, Drucker offers insights on a range of perennial issues:the global economyboard governanceenvironmental challengessuccession planningand other essential management topicsPacked with evergreen advice from the world's most trusted management thinker, Peter F. Drucker on Nonprofits and the Public Sector is regarded as essential reading for all leaders in this sector of the economy.

Understanding the relationship between urban amenities and real estate prices is a key for the future of our cities. Location choices depend on a variety of urban amenities that eventually determine demand for a specific location. Identifying the impact of these urban amenities on the people's preferences allows policy makers and developers to increase quality of life. Jan de Graaff therefore quantifies the impact of crime and migration on residential real estate prices and identifies the location choice preferences of Germans by applying innovative methodologies to unique German data sets.

As the breadth and empirical diversity of entrepreneurship research have increased rapidly during the last decade, the quest to find a'one-size-fits-all'general theory of entrepreneurship has given way to a growing appreciation for the importance of contexts. This promises to improve both the practical relevance and the theoretical rigor of research in this field. Entrepreneurship means different things to different people at different times and in different places and both its causes and its consequences likewise vary. For example, for some people entrepreneurship can be a glorious path to emancipation, while for others it can represent the yoke tethering them to the burdens of overwork and drudgery. For some communities it can drive renaissance and vibrancy while for others it allows only bare survival. In this book, we assess and attempt to push forward contemporary conceptualizations of contexts that matter for entrepreneurship, pointing in particular to opportunities generating new insights by attending to contexts in novel or underexplored ways. This book shows that the ongoing contextualization of entrepreneurship research should not simply generate a proliferation of unique theories – one for every context – but can instead result in better theory construction, testing and understanding of boundary conditions, thereby leading us to richer and more profound understanding of entrepreneurship across its many forms. Contextualizing Entrepreneurship Theory will critically review the current debate and existing literature on contexts and entrepreneurship and use this to synthesize new theoretical and methodological frameworks that point to important directions for future research.

»Heimat« ist ein ebenso schillernder wie problematischer Begriff, wenn er als politische Kategorie benutzt wird. Gegenwärtig in aller Munde, steht er in der Gefahr, als politischer Kampfbegriff missbraucht zu werden. Kann es in dieser Situation gelingen, ihn in einem aufgeklärten Sinne kulturpolitisch produktiv zu machen? Ist eine kulturelle Heimatpolitik möglich? Das Jahrbuch für Kulturpolitik 2019/20 versammelt Beiträge des 10. Kulturpolitischen Bundeskongresses 2019 »Kultur.Macht.Heimaten«. Die über 50 Expert•innen aus dem In- und Ausland, darunter namhafte Kulturpolitiker•innen und Kulturwissenschaftler•innen sowie zahlreiche Praktiker•innen aus Heimatvereinen, Kultureinrichtungen und Kulturprojekten, diskutieren die Risiken und Potenziale einer Kultur- als Heimatpolitik.

Creativity loosely refers to activities in the visual arts, music, design, film and performance that are primarily intended to produce forms of affect and social meaning. Yet, over the last few decades, creativity has also been explicitly mobilized by governments around the world as a ‘resource'for achieving economic growth. The creative economy discourse emphasizes individuality, innovation, self-fulfillment, career advancement and the idea of leading exciting lives as remedies to social alienation. This book critically assesses that discourse, and explores how political shifts and new theoretical frameworks are affecting the creative economy in various parts of the world at a time when creative industries are becoming increasingly ‘industrialized.'Further, it highlights how work inequalities, oligopolistic strategies, competitive logics and unsustainable models are inherent weaknesses of the industrial model of creativity. The interdisciplinary contributions presented here address the operationalization of creative practices in a variety of geographical contexts, ranging from the UK, France and Russia, to Greece, Argentina and Italy, and examine issues concerning art biennials, museums, DIY cultures, technologies, creative writing, copyright laws, ideological formations, craft production and creative co-ops.

The motivation of this book is simple, yet fundamental: No complete understanding of the modern economy is possible without a thorough grounding in the field of innovation as an economic activity.The book, as its title emphasizes, aims at helping readers to gain a comprehension of two inextricably linked issues: challenging innovation and the future of human work. To this end, the book integrates a triad of topics: innovation as an economic activity, modus operandi of an innovation-driven economy, and the persistent progression toward automation of human jobs.The main message conveyed by this book is that a creative economy will converge to an economy governed by smart machines aka robots, but will produce benefits if addressed in a rational manner.As to the salient features of this book, Accessibility: Accessible to readers with only cursory knowledge (if any) in economicsStyle: Adherence to a discursive, non-mathematical styleBrevity: Covers material in a succinct, easily understandable manner, drawing upon real world examplesAppendices: Each chapter is supplemented with appendices that elaborate upon pertinent real world examples and applicationsSelf-contained: All the key concepts are defined and exemplified within the bookApplicability: Uses examples that resonate with a wide audience of readers concerned about the advance of robotsNon-mathematical diagrams: Provides accessible and readily understandable figures/graphsProtective stance: Contains a rational response to the march of the robots which is useful for workers of all ages

Reflecting on the evolving organisation of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and their growing presence in international business, this book focuses on value creation by subsidiaries in transition economies, and uses Poland as an example. Drawing on internalisation and business network theory, the author analyses the role of the subsidiary with the aim of explaining the mechanisms of subsidiary functional specialisation and its operationalisation. The book presents an innovative model illustrating the determinants of the functional responsibilities of subsidiaries, whilst providing an empirical analysis of foreign subsidiaries in Poland. Addressing a vital topic in international business and management studies, this Palgrave Pivot will be useful for researchers, students and practitioners.

Faktisch sind Frauen heute gleichberechtigt. Sie haben die gleichen Chancen, Rechte und Möglichkeiten wie Männer. Dennoch weisen maßgebliche Studien darauf hin, dass die Anzahl von Frauen auf allen Führungsebenen stagniert oder nur im Schneckentempo wächst. In der medialen Diskussion rund um das Thema Frauen im Management ist die Welt auf den ersten Blick in zwei Lager geteilt. Ein Lager stellt ernüchtert fest, dass Frauen selbst Schuld sind an ihrer Situation. Oft werden hier gerade erfolgreiche Frauen zitiert, die ihren Geschlechtsgenossinnen den nötigen Erfolgswillen oder die Opferbereitschaft absprechen. Das andere Lager scheint die Sachlage genau entgegengesetzt zu beurteilen. Überall gut ausgebildete, hochmotivierte Frauen, die an Glasdecken stoßen oder denen von der Gesellschaft im Allgemeinen und Männern im Besonderen die Türen versperrt werden. Dieses Buch trägt zu einer wissenschaftlich nüchternen Diskussion bei, um die aktuelle gesellschaftspolitische Situation differenzierter und abseits von abgegriffenen Dogmen zu betrachten.

Silvana Weiss untersucht in diesem Buch die Grenze zwischen Berufs- und Privatleben im Wissenschaftsfeld, wofür sie zwei Theoriestränge miteinander verbindet: Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis und klassische Grenzziehungstheorien. In zwei empirischen Studien beleuchtet sie den Zusammenhang zwischen den Spielregeln des Feldes, individuellen Grenzziehungspraktiken und Karrieren in der Wissenschaft. Es zeigt sich, dass Zeitinvestment und intrinsische Motivation mit jeder Qualifikationsstufe steigen und dass die Grenze zwischen Berufs- und Privatleben zunehmend verschwimmt. Dennoch gestalten nicht alle Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen ihr Leben völlig entgrenzt, sondern es gibt durchaus vielfältige Grenzziehungspraktiken. Insgesamt geben die Befunde Anlass zur kritischen Betrachtung der Spielregeln im Wissenschaftsfeld.

The purpose of this contributed volume is to consider how global consumption patterns will develop in the next few decades, and what the consequences of that development will be for the economy, policymakers, and society at large. In the long run, the extent to which economic growth translates into better living conditions strongly depends on how rising affluence and new technologies shape consumer preferences. The ongoing rise in household income in developing countries raises some important questions: Will consumption patterns always continue to expand in the same manner as we have witnessed in the previous two centuries? If not, how might things evolve differently? And what implications would such changes hold for not only our understanding of consumption behavior but also our pursuit of more sustainable societies?

Wohnen gilt als die neue soziale Frage. Schließlich haben Kauf- und Mietpreise schon Niveaus erreicht, die noch vor wenigen Jahren unvorstellbar waren und nun das Leben in Großstädten und begehrten Universitätsstädten immer teurer machen. Das Thema gewinnt vor diesem Hintergrund an sozialpolitischer Brisanz. Doch was hilft wirklich, um die Lage im Wohnungsmarkt wieder zu entspannen?Der Immobilienökonom Michael Voigtländer erläutert die wirtschaftlichen Hintergründe in allgemein verständlicher Weise und wendet sich damit an alle am Thema Interessierten. Er widmet sich unter anderem den Fragen, ob es sich um eine spekulative Blase oder einen echten Wohnungsmangel handelt und weshalb die Bautätigkeit nicht zur Nachfrage aufschließt. Wie sollte die Wohnungspolitik reagieren? Um das Gleichgewicht zwischen Angebot und Nachfrage wieder herzustellen, schlägt er zehn Maßnahmen vor, die den Markt wieder in Schwung bringen können.Für die 2. Auflage wurde das Werk vollständig aktualisiert, u. a. um die Themen Grundsteuerreform und Baukindergeld erweitert und mit digitalem Zusatzmaterial per App angereichert. Laden Sie einfach die Springer Nature More Media App kostenlos herunter und scannen Sie die gekennzeichneten Abbildungen im Buch, um Videos zu streamen und interaktive Grafiken abzurufen.

Das Handbuch präsentiert den State of the Art der theoretischen, konzeptionellen, strategischen und operativen Aspekte des Dienstleistungsmarketing. Der Mehrwert des Handbuchs – insbesondere im Vergleich zu ähnlich strukturierten Lehrbüchern – besteht in einer sowohl tief als auch breit angelegten Aufarbeitung aller wichtigen Teilbereiche des Dienstleistungsmarketing. Ergänzt werden die Inhalte durch einen Serviceteil, der den Lesern wertvolle Hinweise auf weitere Informationsquellen rund um das Thema Dienstleistungsmarketing gibt.

Die Women Entrepreneurship steht derzeit im Fokus der Wissenschaft, denn Deutschland braucht mehr erfolgreiche Unternehmerinnen. Doch was zeichnet erfolgreiche Unternehmerinnen als Person aus? Neben Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen werden Selbststeuerung und weitere Schlüsselkompetenzen beleuchtet. Im Fokus stehen dabei Unternehmerinnen schnellwachsender Unternehmen im Vergleich zu nicht schnellwachsenden bzw. Nicht-Unternehmerinnen. Mögliche Ableitungen für die Bildungslandschaft (insbesondere Training, Coaching und Mentoring) schließen sich an.

This textbook systematically addresses why and how Circular Economy should be developed and practiced by employing a Discussion and Research (D&R) teaching method. This method allows us to show the whole process of academic research, from formulating the key questions, to methodology design, and ultimately to conclusions and applications. In addition, the suggested class discussions and group homework provide good opportunities for participant cooperation and exchange. In this textbook, all chapters and sections are intended to answer specific scientific key or sub-key questions, while all chapters are also internally structured logically and systematically, from question to final conclusion. This textbook may help to boost student performance in science and research and was selected for inclusion in the 13th Five-Year planning teaching materials for regular higher education in China.

Dieses China-Buch gewährt Ihnen einen tiefen Einblick in die Wirtschaft und Kultur des LandesChina entwickelt sich mehr und mehr zur stärksten Macht auf dem Weltmarkt. Der Wissensdruck steigt für viele deutsche Betriebe, da es in Zeiten von Internationalisierung und Globalisierung fast unumgänglich ist, Geschäftsbeziehungen mit chinesischen Unternehmen einzugehen. Dabei hilft dieses Buch über China, indem es fachkundig wichtige Informationen über Kultur, Politik und Wirtschaft des Landes gibt. Die Autoren kombinieren dabei persönliche Erfahrungsberichte mit objektiven Analysen und schaffen so einen interessanten Mix aus Fakten und eigener Sachkenntnis. Dabei konzentrieren sie sich unter anderem auf die folgenden Inhalte: Wirtschaftswachstum im Reich der MitteDeutsch-chinesische WirtschaftsbeziehungenKomplexität und Vielfalt in der GesellschaftMängel des chinesischen BildungssystemInnovationen aus ChinaGleichzeitig geben Agten und König wertvolle Tipps im Umgang mit der Kultur Chinas, was unerlässlich für Geschäftsbesuche, Meetings und private Beziehungen ist. So lernen Unternehmer, Führungskräfte und Mitarbeiter nicht nur wirtschaftliche Fakten über das Land, sondern auch die Voraussetzungen für ein erfolgreiches kulturell-soziales Miteinander kennen.Für Unternehmen, aber auch für Privatpersonen geeignetDieses Buch über China richtet sich hauptsächlich an Unternehmer, da es die Geschäftsbeziehungen zwischen deutschen und chinesischen Betrieben aufgreift und wichtige Tipps liefert, die das Verständnis zwischen beiden Nationen fördern. Gleichzeitig ist es aber auch für Privatpersonen und Reisende geeignet, die einen Urlaub ins Land der Mitte planen oder sich einfach generell dafür interessieren.

Zur Steuerung von Fremdkapitalkosten ist ein Marktverständnis der Kreditwirtschaft unabdingbar. In diesem Buch werden daher keinesfalls nur betriebliche Tilgungsformen erläutert. Vielmehr stehen gesamtwirtschaftliche Finanzierungsstrukturen in ihrer zeitlichen Entwicklung im Fokus. Als wichtige Treiber der Veränderungen behandelt es neben der Geldpolitik die Regulierungen des Bankgeschäfts und verdeutlicht ihre Konsequenzen aus Kreditnehmersicht. Wenn der Bankenmarkt unter kreditrestriktiven Veränderungsdruck gerät, verwundert es nicht, dass zeitgleich die bankenunabhängigen Finanzierungen über Kapitalmärkte zunehmen. Deshalb erfahren die Leser auch viel Nützliches über das Wesen und die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten von Anleihenfinanzierungen. Wegen der zyklisch immer wieder besonderen Bedeutung von Zinsänderungsrisiken für Unternehmen der Wohnungs-, Immobilien- und Kreditwirtschaft werden anschließend zinssichernde Swapgeschäfte skizziert. Das Buch schließt mit der konkreten Idee zur Gründung einer eigenen Wohnungswirtschaftsbank. Mit Übungsaufgaben zur eigenständigen Reflexion der Themen.

The book illustrates the considerable advances in modern evolutionary economics and addresses core questions of economic behaviour, interaction of heterogeneous actors in uncertain environments and the possibility of aggregating observations on a macro-economic level. It presents the foundations of economic change as the major building blocks of an economic approach that focusses on complex processes driven by endogenous innovation as well as crisis. The theoretical considerations are complemented by econometric studies to demonstrate the relevance of evolutionary-economic thinking to improve our understanding of the most challenging issues related to economic growth and development.

Angesichts des Aufstiegs von Staaten wie Brasilien, Indien und China zu neuen Wissensmächten fragt das Buch nach den Konsequenzen, die diese Dynamik für die globale Regulierung geistiger Eigentumsrechte mit sich bringen könnte und prüft entlang des Fallbeispiels'Zugangsregelungen zu genetischen Ressourcen und dem Schutz traditionellen Wissens'den Einfluss der BIC-Staaten auf das bestehende internationale Schutzsystem.

This book presents an original empirical investigation of the market structure of airline city pair markets, shedding new light on the workings of competitive processes between firms. Examining a cross-section of US airline city pairs, Tabacco proposes for the first time that the industry can be understood as a natural oligopoly, each airline market being dominated by one to three airline carriers regardless of market size. The author questions the extent to which airlines deliberately prevent head-to-head competition within city pair markets, and draws intriguing conclusions about competitive forces from the observed market structure. Uncovering some of the main corporate strategies of the airline industry, the book is of immediate relevance to industry managers and practitioners, as well as academic economists.

This book proposes measures to promote regional industrial development in East Asia from the perspective of three industries: agriculture, food, and tourism. The authors argue that for regional agriculture to develop, collaboration with the food industry is essential. Further, by linking tourism, economic collaboration between the three industries is strengthened. The first part of the book introduces a basic model for the formation of the agriculture, food, and tourism industry cluster. Contributions from leading academics in agricultural economics then go on to discuss the relevance of this multi-industry cluster in countries such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Cambodia, amongst others. The final part sets out new approaches for further development in the cluster through quantitative analyses of the ‘economies of sequence'concept. Readers will discover that from establishing linkages between different industries and other economic sectors, important positive externalities canbe generated and these processes can be triggered on the local or cluster level.

Investigating talent management in firms from emerging economies, this book discusses strategies and practices of managing talented employees in the context of BRIC countries. Talent Management in Emerging Market Firms illustrates how emerging multinationals use their talent management to create and extend competitive advantage in global markets, and how they support their competition with talent as their main asset. Extending the talent management perspective, the book compares companies from Brazil, Russia, India and China to provide the link between talent management practices, a firm's performance and organizational competitiveness within the context of emerging economies.

Industrie 4.0 und das Internet der Dinge sind international als wichtige Initiativen einer erfolgversprechenden industriellen Zukunft gesetzt: Wer macht das Geschäft mit den Daten aus der digitalen Fabrik? Deutschland hat die'Plattform Industrie 4.0', China'Made in China 2025', die USA das'Industrial Internet Consortium'. Wer führt die vierte industrielle Revolution an? Die Digitalisierung der Industrie verändert die globale Wirtschaft und die Gesellschaft. Technologie liefert die Möglichkeiten. Der Mensch muss entscheiden, wie weit künstliche Intelligenz gehen soll. Und was Maschinen lernen müssen. Damit es neue, bessere Arbeit gibt statt weniger.Neben Ulrich Sendler und acht deutschen Experten aus Industrie und Forschung äußert sich auch der CEO von Xinhuanet in Peking.

The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community raises key issues: the deepening of regional trade and the associated problem of exchange rate management. This volume questions the capacity of a shallow institution to deal with complex impacts on employment and inequality. Contributors analyze ASEAN's potential and weakness in readable terms.

What effect did the Great Recession have on innovation efficiency and the effectiveness of scarce resource management? Did countries with high GDPs and GDPs per capita sustain efficient innovation? How did the recession affect the time lag between innovation development and implementation? This book presents the most comprehensive data set in current economic literature to measure and compare the effect of GDP and GDP per capita on the efficiency of fifty-eight countries'national innovation systems during the Great Recession. A total of eighteen different models are applied to different groupings of the data, including data envelopment analyses and time lag effects. The result is a rich comparative resource for policy makers and economists alike.

Der Sammelband präsentiert die Vorträge von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern, die an der 5. Konferenz DERMARKENTAG2014 teilgenommen haben und mit ihren Beiträgen Denkanstöße für die Markenforschung und Markenarbeit liefern. Die Veranstaltung steht für innovative Markenforschung sowie eine hohe Qualität der Inhalte; sie bietet eine Plattform für den Austausch zwischen Praxis und Wissenschaft und ein offenes und freundschaftliches Netzwerk. Dabei ist DERMARKENTAG die einzige Veranstaltung zu diesem Thema im deutschsprachigen Raum, die durch einen doppelt-blinden Begutachtungsprozess aller Beiträge die Qualität der Inhalte sicherstellt.

Eine der bekanntesten Marken weltweit und Segment-Marktführer zu werden – für viele Unternehmen erstrebenswert. Aber wie? Dieses Buch erläutert am konkreten Beispiel McDonald's, wie globale Unternehmen mit einer konsequenten, aber auch immer wieder modifizierten Marketing-Strategie zu weltweitem Erfolg kommen. Fundiert und aus neutraler Sicht erklärt Willy Schneider, wie McDonald's seine Marke seit rund 60 Jahren erfolgreich positioniert und führt, durch perfekte Standardisierung die Kostenführerschaft erreicht sowie Produkte und Services konsequent auf die Kunden ausrichtet. Außerdem zeigt er auf, wie McDonald's Partnerschaften mit Lieferanten und Franchise-Nehmern strategisch nutzt, das Geschäftskonzept systematisch vervielfältigt und nach der Maxime „Think global, act local“ die Welt erobert hat. Das Buch vermittelt an diesem Best Case zudem zentrale Begriffe des strategischen Marketing-Managements, des Marketing-Mix, der Internationalisierung und der Markenführung anschaulich und verständlich. Neu in der 2. Auflage: Wie McDonald's auf innovative Ess-Trends und aggressive Wettbewerber reagiert und mit aktuellen Herausforderungen umgeht.Für Marketing-Fachleute ebenso wie für Nicht-Ökonomen eine spannende Lektüre, die viele Aha-Erlebnisse garantiert.

Das Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Anwendung und Implementierung von Business-Intelligence-Lösungen im Personalmanagement. Business-Intelligence-Systeme finden als Analyse- und Planungssysteme verbreitete Anwendung in vielfältigen Unternehmensbereichen wie Vertrieb/Customer Relationship Management, Logistik/Supply Chain Management sowie Personalmanagement. Daher beschäftigt sich Autoren und Herausgeber intensiv mit der Anwendung von Business-Intelligence-Systemen im Personalmanagement und geben einen ausführlichen systematischen Einblick in entsprechende grundlegende technologische Konzepte und personalwirtschaftliche Anforderungen. Ziel des Buches ist daher eine spezifisch auf die Anwendungsdomäne Personalmanagement ausgerichtete Ausarbeitung der Business-Intelligence-Konzeption in technischer und fachlicher Hinsicht.​

Ralf T. Kreutzer, Andrea Rumler und Benjamin Wille-Baumkauff erläutern, wie B2B-Unternehmen einen kompetenten Online-Auftritt erreichen. Dazu zählt neben einer empfängerorientiert ausgestalteten Corporate Website auch eine Suchmaschinen-Optimierung, die sich an den Nutzergewohnheiten orientiert. Zusätzlich wird die gerade für B2B-Unternehmen wichtige Frage beantwortet, welche Bedeutung einem Engagement in den sozialen Medien beizumessen ist. Bei der Bearbeitung dieser Fragestellungen werden in besonderem Maße die Einsatzbedingungen und Erfolgsfaktoren in B2B-Märkten berücksichtigt. Um den Stellenwert zu verdeutlichen, den die Online- und Social-Media-Wirklichkeit auf B2B-Märkten heute schon erreicht hat, wurden einschlägige Best-Practice-Cases aus dem Geschäftskundenbereich integriert. Abgerundet wird das Werk durch einen Beitrag zu den rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen des Online-Marketings, die jeder Nutzer kennen sollte.

This book provides an understanding of the processes in which unions engage with young people, and views and opinions young people hold relating to collective representation. It features a selection of specific national cases of high relevance to contemporary debates of precariousness, trade union revitalization strategies and austerity policies.

Carlos Hidalgo provides a clear roadmap and framework on how B2B organizations can implement change management and transform their Demand Generation. Case studies and excerpts from B2B marketing practitioners and ANNUITAS clients who have transformed their organizations and how they accomplished this change are incorporated throughout the book.