@techreport{DeckertKeszlerSchmitzetal.2022, author = {Deckert, Carsten and Keszler, Julia and Schmitz, Helen and Mohya, Ahmed}, title = {Forecasting Game: Teaching Prospective Engineers Quantitative Forecasting Techniques with a Simulation Game}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, organization = {Hochschule D{\"u}sseldorf}, issn = {2627-8375}, doi = {10.20385/opus4-3905}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-39057}, pages = {43}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In order to determine demand as precisely as possible, many businesses use several forecasting methods. The aim of forecasting is to determine future demand based on data from the past. The use of a specific method is not always easy and depends on a number of factors. To help prospective engineers find the most suitable forecasting method for a specific problem, a forecasting game was developed and then evaluated. The paper describes the design and the evaluation of the forecasting game. In order to provide an overview of existing forecasting methods, the first part of the paper examined the mathematical fundamentals of eight different forecasting methods and outlined the requirements for their application. The second part of the paper describes the creation of a forecasting game in which prospective engineers can learn how to determine the appropriate forecasting method for specific scenarios. In total, five scenarios covering the three different demand patterns (linear/stationary, trend and seasonal) as well as the forecast quality methods were developed and can be played through. For each scenario, the player has to choose the most appropriate forecasting method for a specific problem based on a self-created task description. To make the game as realistic as possible, a fictional company with a background story was designed. The last part was about the evaluation of the forecasting game. For the evaluation, a student survey to gather the opinions of the students was conducted. The results of the student survey show an overall positive evaluation of the simulation game by the students. However, the test also showed that the game takes a certain amount of time. Since only 15 of the approximately 30 students who tested the game participated in the evaluation, the results are not significant.}, language = {en} } @techreport{FranzScherpStaab2008, author = {Franz, Thomas and Scherp, Ansgar and Staab, Steffen}, title = {Does a Semantic Desktop Facilitate Your Daily Tasks?}, series = {Arbeitsberichte aus dem Bereich Informatik}, journal = {Arbeitsberichte aus dem Bereich Informatik}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Koblenz-Landau}, address = {Koblenz}, organization = {Universit{\"a}t Koblenz-Landau}, issn = {1864-0850}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kola-2564}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @techreport{AnsgarScherpThomasFranzCarstenSaathoffetal.2009, author = {Ansgar Scherp, and Thomas Franz, and Carsten Saathoff, and Steffen Staab,}, title = {A Model of Events based on a Foundational Ontology}, series = {Arbeitsberichte aus dem Bereich Informatik}, journal = {Arbeitsberichte aus dem Bereich Informatik}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Koblenz-Landau}, address = {Koblenz}, organization = {Universit{\"a}t Koblenz-Landau}, issn = {1864-0850}, year = {2009}, language = {en} } @techreport{DeckertSchomakerKnappitsch2020, author = {Deckert, Carsten and Schomaker, Rahel M. and Knappitsch, Eithne}, title = {Culture and Entrepreneurship: The Political, Social and Individual Influences on Opportunity Entrepreneurs}, publisher = {Hochschule D{\"u}sseldorf}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, organization = {Hochschule D{\"u}sseldorf}, issn = {2627-8375}, doi = {10.20385/2627-8375_3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-23837}, pages = {33}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The impact of culture on entrepreneurship is a widely accepted phenomenon. Cultural factors influence entrepreneurship via different mechanisms on the macro-, meso-, and micro-level of a country. Building on existing research, we draw a clear link between national cultural dimensions and entrepreneurship, using a new model that arranges different cultural dimensions in groups based on their particular function: political, social, or individual (PSI-model) and that distinguishes between values and practices where relevant. The PSI-model provides a coherent theoretical framework on which different cultural dimensions and their impact on entrepreneurship can be analysed, allowing for particular attention to be drawn to social practices and social values. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between culture and entrepreneurship, providing empirical evidence of how specific cultural dimensions influence entrepreneurship. The findings are of relevance from a policy perspective and can be used to generate practical recommendations for national institutions interested in promoting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activities. The findings are also transferable to other fields related to national cultural dimensions such as level of innovation, investment, budgeting etc.}, language = {en} } @techreport{NiemannBruckmannKrautzer2020, author = {Niemann, J{\"o}rg and Bruckmann, Julian and Krautzer, Florian}, title = {Green City Deals: A study on the global warming potential of alternative urban transportation systems}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, organization = {Hochschule D{\"u}sseldorf}, doi = {10.20385/kd43-fz18}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-28972}, pages = {14}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The population is growing constantly in urban areas. This results in an increasing demand for mobility solutions while it is also worldwide aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This paper summarizes the results of a comparative study concerning the greenhouse gas emissions (based on carbon footprint) caused by alternative urban passenger transportation systems. The emissions for the vehicles and their infrastructure are analyszed over the entire life cycle from manufacturing up to their end of life. An existing cable car sytem in La Paz, Bolivia was analysed and evaluated in comparison to other modes of transportation such as small busses, large busses and a tram. According to the system definitions and the considered balance framework the study shows that beside the use of the systems the materials and the manufacturing as well as the infrastructure have a significant impact on the total emissions over the life cycle. To put focus on the „true and real" impacts to the society it is preferable to consider the measurement results in total absolute emissions.}, language = {en} } @techreport{TophovenWurdackRauchetal.2016, author = {Tophoven, Silke and Wurdack, Anja and Rauch, Angela and Munkert, Casandra and Bauer, Ulrike}, title = {lidA - leben in der Arbeit: German cohort study on work, age and health Documentation for waves 1 and 2}, volume = {FDZ Datenreport}, number = {01/2016 ENG}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The study "lidA - leben in der Arbeit. German cohort study on work, age and health" was a two-wave panel study funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and examines the relationship between work, health and work participation among aging employees from an interdisciplinary perspective (www.lida-studie.de). The lidA study was carried out by an interdisciplinary consortium consisting of the Institute for Safety Technology at Bergische University Wuppertal, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, the Institute of Social Medicine and Health Economics at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, the Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine at Ulm University, infas Institute for Applied Social Sciences, Bonn and the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Berlin, as an associated partner. lidA contains a representative sample of persons belonging to the 1959 and 1965 birth cohorts and employed on the reference date for sampling, 31 December 2009. They were interviewed personally (CAPI) in 2011 (wave 1; N=6,585) and 2014 (wave 2; N=4,244). The data contain information about work and current employment relationship characteristics, work demands, workloads, subjective health indicators, socioeconomic status, household context and allow both cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. This dataset is now available as a Scientific Use File for the scientific community via the Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research. The report contains information on data collection, data editing, anonymisation and the description of the variables of the two waves.}, language = {en} } @techreport{KopsKhabyuk2007, author = {Kops, Manfred and Khabyuk, Olexiy}, title = {A methodology for the graphical exposition of broadcasting systems}, volume = {Arbeitspapiere des Instituts f{\"u}r Rundfunk{\"o}konomie an der Universit{\"a}t zu K{\"o}ln}, number = {231e}, publisher = {Inst. f{\"u}r Rundfunk{\"o}konomie, Univ. K{\"o}ln}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Inst. f{\"u}r Rundfunk{\"o}konomie, Univ. K{\"o}ln}, isbn = {978-3-938933-34-3}, year = {2007}, language = {en} } @techreport{Khabyuk2011, author = {Khabyuk, Olexiy}, title = {Introducing state-distant public broadcasting in Ukraine}, volume = {Arbeitspapiere des Instituts f{\"u}r Rundfunk{\"o}konomie an der Universit{\"a}t zu K{\"o}ln}, number = {286}, publisher = {Inst. f{\"u}r Rundfunk{\"o}konomie, Univ. K{\"o}ln}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Inst. f{\"u}r Rundfunk{\"o}konomie, Univ. K{\"o}ln}, isbn = {978-3-938933-94-7}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @techreport{vanRiessenvandenBrink2020, author = {van Rießen, Anne and van den Brink, Henning}, title = {From impacts to benefits: User research as a change of perspective for studies on the practice of drama education}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, issn = {2509-6958}, doi = {10.20385/2509-6958/2020.6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-21273}, pages = {17}, year = {2020}, abstract = {This essay looks at the potentials and limitations of user research for studies on the practice of drama education. To date, this field has been dominated by impact studies. After illustrating the blind spots that are created by taking this research approach to the practice of drama education, we will present the user research perspective and look at the opportunities that it provides to generate new, differentiated knowledge. User research makes it possible to illuminate the processes of acquiring and using knowledge in terms of its delivery. It also provides a potential framework of analysis for placing these processes in the delivery context, which includes subjective learning types, relevance and institutional and social conditions. This expanded perspective will make it possible to identify the factors that foster and limit benefits and reflect them in practice.}, subject = {Theaterp{\"a}dagogik}, language = {en} } @techreport{SalomMarszalCandanedoetal.2014, author = {Salom, Jaume and Marszal, Anna Joanna and Candanedo, Jose and Widen, Joakim and Byskov Lindberg, Karen and Sartori, Igor}, title = {Analysis of Load Match and Grid Interaction Indicators in Net Zero Energy Buildings with High-Resolution Data: A report of Subtask A IEA Task 40/Annex 52 Towards Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings}, publisher = {Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC}, address = {Barcelona}, organization = {Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, IREC}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271135453_Analysis_of_load_match_and_grid_interaction_indicators_in_net_zero_energy_buildings_with_high-resolution_data}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @techreport{NorisAssuntaLollini2013, author = {Noris, Federico and Assunta, Napolitano and Lollini, Roberto}, title = {Measurement and Verification protocol for Net Zero Energy Buildings: A report of Subtask A - IEA Task 40/Annex 52 Towards Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings}, series = {International Energy Agency IEA - SHC Task 40 / ECBCS Annex 52}, journal = {International Energy Agency IEA - SHC Task 40 / ECBCS Annex 52}, address = {Bozen}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @techreport{HermelinkSchimscharBoermansetal.2013, author = {Hermelink, Andreas and Schimschar, Sven and Boermans, Thomas and Pagliano, Lorenzo and Zangheri, Paolo and Armani, Roberto and Voss, Karsten and Musall, Eike}, title = {Towards nearly zero-energy buildings}, editor = {Ecofys by order of European Commission,}, publisher = {Europ{\"a}ische Kommission}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Europ{\"a}ische Kommission}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @techreport{Williams2016, author = {Williams, Erica J.}, title = {Marketing Communications in English}, publisher = {Wayzgoose Press}, address = {Eugene}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @techreport{Marke2019, author = {Marke, Ute}, title = {Land of High Hopes}, publisher = {Hochschule D{\"u}sseldorf}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, organization = {Hochschule D{\"u}sseldorf}, doi = {10.20385/k4fh-bd11}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-17683}, pages = {18}, year = {2019}, abstract = {We are living in the era of sophisticated, state-of-the-art technology, artificial intelligence, accelerating data sciences at ultimate speed and sheer unlimited possibilities. We are able to shoot unmanned rockets equipped with vehicles into the orbit. We can afford to spend fortunes on research and development. However, and that leaves me bloodcurdling and furious, we haven´t managed yet to settle at least some of the most pressing global humanitarian needs: access to food, water, electricity, education and healthcare. So how can we be proud of any achievements? What does make us proud anyway?! ...}, language = {en} } @techreport{SchererDeckert2013, author = {Scherer, Anke and Deckert, Carsten}, title = {The Dao of Innovation: What European innovators can learn from philosophical Daoism}, publisher = {EAMSA - Euro-Asia Management Studies Association}, address = {Duisburg}, organization = {EAMSA - Euro-Asia Management Studies Association}, year = {2013}, abstract = {The article argues that European innovators can profit from some of the concepts of philosophical Daoism, namely "wu-wei" (non-interference) and "ziran" ("go with the flow"). Whereas most Western approaches to innovation emphasize the different stages of the creative process as well as tools to enhance creativity, the Daoist world view allows for the mind to just wander and thus spontaneously discover the solution to a problem in a rather detached state of mind. Creative minds need space for personal development and the permission to wander around without being exposed to control and instant judgement on the results. Training individuals in the tools and techniques of problem solving and creativity as the common approach in innovation management is certainly necessary, but in the end it is the intellectual accomplishment of a creative mind that produces innovation. Managers can allow this to happen when they get the balance of control and non-interference right.}, language = {en} } @techreport{DeckertSchererNyssenGuillen2015, author = {Deckert, Carsten and Scherer, Anke and Nyssen Guill{\´e}n, Viola}, title = {Cultural Impacts on National Innovativeness - Links between the GLOBE Cultural Dimensions and the GII and IUS Innovation Indexes}, series = {CBD Working Paper Series}, volume = {1}, journal = {CBD Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The working paper at hand assumes that differences of innovativeness of different countries can be explained to a certain extent by cultural differences. Thus, the paper deals with the research question of which cultural dimensions have an influence on national innovativeness. Previous research mainly uses the Hofstede-dimensions to describe cultural differences and often focuses on single parameters to describe national innovativeness (e.g. number of patents per capita). This paper, instead, uses the dimensions of the GLOBE-study which builds on the findings of Hofstede but is more up-to-date and comprehensive and uses two innovation indexes - the Global Innovation Index (GII) and the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) - to describe national innovativeness. The authors use correlation analysis to find relationships between the GLOBEdimensions and the innovation indexes. They find positive correlations of innovativeness (both indexes) to Future Orientation (practice scale), Gender Egalitarianism (value scale), Human Orientation (value scale) and Uncertainty Avoidance (practice scale) as well as negative correlations to In-Group Collectivism (practice scale), Future Orientation (value scale) and Uncertainty Avoidance (value scale). Some of the findings are contrary to existing hypotheses, e.g. only a weak negative correlation of Power Distance to one of the indexes. Furthermore the findings show significant differences between practice scales and value scales, especially concerning Future Orientation and Uncertainty Avoidance which deserve further examination. Overall it can be concluded that culture has an impact on national innovativeness. The different cultural dimensions of the GLOBE-study show a multi-faceted interrelationship between culture and innovation. To come to a concise answer for the question which dimensions affect national innovativeness in which way additional research will be necessary.}, language = {en} } @techreport{DeckertBussHasencleveretal.2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten and Buß, Mareike and Hasenclever, Stephanie and M{\"a}ckel, Frederic and Nyssen Guill{\´e}n, Viola and Silverio, Isabell and Wegner, Eileen}, title = {Beer Picking Game - Entwicklung und Realisierung eines Planspiels zur Simulation eines Kommissionierbereichs}, series = {CBS Working Paper Series}, volume = {2}, journal = {CBS Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @techreport{Deckert2015, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Tensions in Creativity - Using the Value Square to Model Individual Creativity}, series = {CBD Working Paper Series}, volume = {2}, journal = {CBD Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18209}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The definition of individual creativity is based on a tension between novelty on the one side and usefulness respectively appropriateness on the other side. The paper explores how this tension pervades the stage and componential theories of creativity. To achieve this, the so called value square ("Wertequadrat") developed by Helwig (1967) and Schulz von Thun (1998)is used which balances a value with its countervalue to analyze creativity. The author identifies tensions of action and inaction, expertise and mindfulness, precision and ambiguity as well as immersion and detachment permeating the creative process and the components of creativity. As a conclusion a morphological box for creativity is presented which allows one to show which combination of characteristics of the tensions support different stages of creativity. Furthermore implications for development and time management are discussed.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Deckert2016, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Tensions in Creative Products - Using the Value Square to Model Functional Creativity}, series = {CBS Working Paper Series}, volume = {4}, journal = {CBS Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18078}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @techreport{Deckert2017, author = {Deckert, Carsten}, title = {Creative Heuristics: A Framework for Systematic Creative Problem Solving}, series = {CBS Working Paper Series}, volume = {1}, journal = {CBS Working Paper Series}, publisher = {Cologne Business School}, address = {K{\"o}ln}, organization = {Cologne Business School}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-17982}, year = {2017}, language = {en} }