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Cross-Cultural Variations in Consumer Behavior: A Literature Review of International Studies
(2018)
This study presents a review of 85 peer-reviewed publications of cross-cultural variations in consumer behavior. The objectives of this study are to systemize conceptual and methodological approaches to research of cross-cultural variations in consumer behavior; to present an extended understanding of consumer behavior in related industries; to identify conceptual and methodological gaps and empirical issues in these studies; and by fulfilling the objective of this paper to develop an agenda guiding further research ...
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How digitalization changes the internationalization of entrepreneurial firms: theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
(2018)
The internationalization of firms has mainly been analyzed and explained by considering observations in a pre-digital business environment. Thus, the applicability of the internationalization theories to digital ways of conducting business needs to be challenged. Recent research on the internationalization of digital firms attempts to adapt existing international business literature to the digital market. However, these studies consider internet-based companies predominantly as a homogeneous group. It is a popular ...
Dissertation
Familienfreundliche Personalpolitik in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
(2018-09-26)
Wie familienfreundlich ist die öffentliche Verwaltung und welchen Nutzen zieht sie daraus? Diese Arbeit untersucht den Stand familienfreundlicher Personalpolitik in der öffentlichen Verwaltung in Deutschland und die Auswirkungen von Familienfreundlichkeit auf die Verwaltungsziele am Beispiel von Kommunalverwaltungen. Während Familienfreundlichkeit in der
Privatwirtschaft deutlich wahrnehmbar thematisiert wird und wissenschaftlich inzwischen gut erforscht ist, gibt es hinsichtlich der öffentlich-rechtlichen Organisationen ...
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Process is King: Evaluating the Performance of Technology-mediated Learning in Vocational Software Training
(2018-09-01)
Technology-mediated learning (TML) is a major trend in education, since it allows to integrate the strengths of traditional- and IT-based learning activities. However, TML providers still struggle in identifying areas for improvement in their TML offerings. One reason for their struggles is inconsistencies in the literature regarding drivers of TML performance. Prior research suggests that these inconsistencies in TML literature might stem from neglecting the importance of considering the process perspective in ...
Dissertation
Changing market conditions and the Brexit - Challenges for the traditional and the shadow banking systems
(2018-10-22)
Following the financial crisis of 2008/2009, the framework conditions for the financial sector, especially for banks and insurance companies in the Euro and US regions, have changed significantly. Banks and insurance companies in the Euro zone and the US are facing increasing regulatory requirements such as the Dodd Frank Act in the US and Basel II and III in the Euro zone. In addition, the environment for American and European banks and insurance companies has increasingly changed over the last few years as a result ...
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Consumer Preferences for Local Food: Testing an Extended Norm Taxonomy
(2018-04-24)
Consumer attitudes toward consuming and buying locally produced food are well studied. By contrast, the topic of consumer preferences for local food, with a special emphasis on the role of norms, still lacks empirical evidence. To study the influence of norms and morals on the intention to buy local food products, a quantitative study (N = 327) focusing on external social and internalized moral norms was conducted using the constructs of the theory of planned behavior in combination with an extended norm taxonomy and ...
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Sustainability Tensions in Supply Chains: A Case Study of Paradoxes and Their Management
(2018-02-06)
The comprehensive coverage of sustainability issues in a supply chain incurs goal conflicts—i.e., sustainability tensions—and is often limited by market characteristics, such as the availability of sustainable materials and services. While the mainstream business is prioritizing economic goals, a number of entrepreneurs are trying to move forward to more sustainable business practices for their own company and their supply chain. Fairphone represents such a case in the electronics industry, which is openly communicating ...
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Exploring the Supply-Demand-Discrepancy of Sustainable Financial Products in Germany from a Financial Advisor’s Point of View
(2018-03-23)
Although retail investors’ interest in sustainable investment is constantly increasing, German credit unions and co-operative banks offer few sustainable financial products. The purpose of the study is to explore the current gap between supply and demand of sustainable financial investments in German retail banking from a financial advisor’s point of view. We use qualitative analysis of interviews with financial advisors based on a Grounded Theory approach with the aim to identify the key causation in the cause-effect ...
Working paper
Warenströme in Mitteleuropa – Die Integrationsleistungen der Logistik im 20. Jahrhundert
(2018-09-01)
The paper first explains the concept of logistics in the context of the mass consumer society. It uses the case studies of the Speicherstadt in Hamburg and the Rhenania warehouse in Mannheim to describe warehouse management as part of logistics. The article distinguishes between bulk goods and packaged goods. The logistics of bulk goods are explained by the transport services of Rhine shipping and by the transport services of the railways, with tensions in railway policy between France and Germany being outlined. The ...
Zeitschrift
Jahresbericht 2017
(Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, 2018)