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FachWerk
(kassel university press, 2018)
Zusammen mit dem Fachgebiet Mensch-Maschine-Systemtechnik der Universität Kassel, dem Institut für Berufspädagogik und Erwachsenenbildung der Leibniz Universität Hannover, dem Berufsförderungswerk des Handwerks gGmbH aus Korbach, der Firmen Gringel Bau + Plan GmbH aus Schwalmstadt sowie Hübschmann Aufzüge GmbH & Co KG aus Korbach, der Agentur für Arbeit Korbach und der Handwerkskammer Kassel erarbeiten wir als Fachgebiet Technologie- & Innovationsmanagement sowie Entrepreneurship der Universität Kassel seit Februar ...
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Decency of primary occupations in the Indian fishing industry
(kassel university press, 2018)
Indian fisheries are moving from artisanal to capitalistic methods of production. As this transformation takes place, many traditional fishers are forced to seek employment on trawlers and other fishing vessels owing to their lack of a capital base to purchase modern vessels themselves. Competition among trawlers can lead to cost reducing strategies that lower the quality of working conditions for those employed in these vessels. This paper is an attempt to assess the working conditions of these workers through the ...
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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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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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(Re)configuration of Water Resources Management in Mongolia
(kassel university press, 2014-11)
In Mongolia 'water' as a concept is constructed by local people based on the values and norms in which it was rooted in the past. Rivers and its resources are considered gifts from "Naga" who is believed to be the snake lord for pure water resources, lakes, springs, waterfalls and rivers. However, stress over water resource availability has gradually increased. Therefore, water resource management has been one critical theme in politics and policies in Mongolia with respect to climate conditions and socioeconomic ...
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Land-use modelling in the GLOWA Jordan River Project
(kassel university press, 2014)
This report presents the results from the land-use simulation study which has been carried out at the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR) as part of the GLOWA Jordan River project1 (sub-project 3.3.). A central objective of GLOWA Jordan River was to analyse the vulnerability of water resources in the Jordan River basin under the influence of global change. In this context the land-modelling system LandSHIFT.JR has been adapted and applied to calculate spatially explicit scenarios of land-use change on ...
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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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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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Timber consumption and sustainable forest use
(kassel university press, 2016)
The global demand for timber is increasing, with prognoses for the EU showing particularly high growth to meet renewable energy targets. However, there are limited options to meet rising timber demands within the EU, and global land competition to meet world food, energy and material needs, as well as to conserve high value nature areas, is increasing. This dissertation addresses the knowledge gap between the pressures of increased land use abroad and the underlying drivers of land use change. It argues that there ...