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Dynamic Social Networks in Agent-based Modelling. Increasingly Detailed Approaches of Network Initialisation and Network Dynamics.
(kassel university press, 2017)
Agent-based modelling enables the explicit representation of entities and their interaction with each other and the environment, and so it became an important method to study complex systems. Social networks form an important part of agent-based social simulation, as they define the topology of agent interaction. This dissertation initially identifies important properties of social networks and their dynamics and reviews their representation in agent-based models of relevant domains. A classification of levels of ...
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Klimaschutz im Anlagenrecht – eine kritische Analyse
(kassel university press, 2015)
Fossilbasierte Energieerzeugungsanlagen und energieintensive Industrieanlagen sind für etwa 60 % der CO2-Emissionen Deutschlands verantwortlich und belegen die Notwendigkeit von klimaschutzrelevanten Regelungen im Anlagenrecht. Zur Reduktion der CO2-Emissionen aus diesen Sektoren ist das europäische Emissionshandelssystem etabliert worden. Im Hinblick auf die ubiquitäre Wirkungsweise von Treibhausgasen ist keine anlagenspezifische Reduktion erforderlich, sondern ausreichend, wenn eine absolute Minderung der CO2-Emissionen ...
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Deriving Trust Supporting Components for Ubiquitous Information Systemsfor Ubiquitous Information Systems
(kassel university press, 2014)
Ubiquitous information systems (UIS) are proposed to represent a fundamental paradigm shift in information systems research. Despite the advantages of such systems, they also come with disadvantages, such as their increasing automation and opaqueness. When aiming to develop UIS that are readily adopted and used by their intended users, those disadvantages need to be addressed. A promising approach to overcome this challenge is fostering the users‘ trust in UIS.Matthias Söllner presents a method for deriving trust ...
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Womit Supervision und Coaching zu tun haben werden
(kassel university press, 2012)
Berater/innen, Supervisor/innen und Coaches betrachten subjektive, intersubjektive, soziale und politische Veränderungen „en miniature“ in jedem ihrer Beratungsprozesse. Was in der (Arbeits-)Welt eine Rolle spielt und spielen wird, das stellt sich ihnen in den Themen ihrer Kund/innen und Klient/innen vor.
- Wie passen sich Menschen subjektiv gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen an?
- Welche Konzepte haben wir für die (Erwerbs-)Arbeit der Zukunft?
- Wie stellen wir uns auf Risiken ein?
- Welchen Werterahmen geben wir ...
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Economic growth and employment generation nexus: Insight from Ghana
(kassel university press, 2016)
Ghana is undoubtedly regarded as one of the leading lights in Africa in terms of strong growth performance since the wind of economic reforms blew across Africa in the 1980s.The challenge has, however, been the effect of this remarkable growth story on the creation of sufficient jobs for the increasing working age population. This paper uses arithmetic computation and econometric estimation to measure and assess the employment effect of the level and sources of growth on the employment generation. It further shows ...
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India’s Macroeconomic Policy Regime and Challenges of Employment
(kassel university press, 2018)
On would hardly quibble with the view that eradication of poverty and promotion of decent work depends on sustained and inclusive economic growth, and not simply high rates of growth per se. This of course requires necessary intervention on several fronts, in particular adequate macroeconomic space for national governments while being open to equitable multilateral trading systems. Investments in physical and social infrastructure with due emphasis on rural areas, necessary structural reforms, appropriate fiscal and ...
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Self-help groups for India’s financial inclusion
(kassel university press, 2017)
Ensuring accessibility to credit to the poor self-employed households is a critical concern for many developing nations. Self-help groups (SHG) formed by women in the developing countries help them to access financial intermediaries and access credit for various income-generating activities. In case of India, SHGs are formed either through state-assisted SHG-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) or through private initiatives of micro finance institutions (MFIs) or NGOs. Under the former, the groups access formal banking ...
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Microfinance through Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for Grass-root level Empowerment: An Empirical study of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
(kassel university press, 2016)
Microfinance, as a concept, involves providing financial services, particularly small credit, fund transfer, and insurance to the unemployed, low-income group, and those who do not have easy access to the banking system. It has emerged as an active agent of financial inclusion, ensuring economic, and social upliftment of the unprivileged. Microfinance is being operated through two channels Self-help Group-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) and Micro-finance Institutions (MFIs). The special characteristic of SBLP is its ...
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Wes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing? Gewerkschaften in Ghana und Benin, die Förderung der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung und die Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
(kassel university press, 2016)
Gewerkschaften im ‚Globalen Süden‘ bestreiten viele ihrer Aktivitäten nicht über Mitgliedsbeiträge, sondern über Gelder externer Organisationen. Diese Finanzierung wirkt sich auf die gewerkschaftliche Agenda, Mitgliederstruktur, interne Demokratie und gewerkschaftlichen Machtressourcen aus. Die sozialdemokratische Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) ist der wichtigste deutsche Geber für ausländische Gewerkschaften. In der vorliegenden Studie wird ein Kooperationsprojekt zwischen der FES sowie beninischen und ghanaischen ...
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Dealing with digital information richness in supply chain management
(kassel university press, 2015)
Information is one of the key enablers of modern business. The ever expanding availability of digital information, however, brings with it the challenge of handling this information appropriately. While related challenges now appear in our daily lives, this is even more the case along supply chains, where a multitude of actors is involved. This doctoral thesis addresses the topic by linking theoretical rigor with practical relevance. By assessing the current state of research in supply chain management represented ...