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Adding value by offering complementary services in the consumer goods sector – a case study of Nike
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Abstract
The administrative cost of local government is an important indicator of the regional
competitiveness and creativity of modern society, it not only reveals the efficiency
and governance of the local government, but also relates to the regional economic
development and happiness of the civilian. With the continuous development of the
information age, loads of rent-seeking and corruption surfaces. The image of the local
government suffered tremendous trial, which emotionally turns the neutral word
“administrative cost” into a negative one. The issue of administrative cost is a puzzle
in the public administration academia; governments around the world are all
exploring ways to reduce the administrative cost. The issue is not exclusive but
criticized by the society which makes it the urgent affair in China. Since the reform
and open policy, the government has changed its functions, from “control-type
government” to “service-oriented government”, government no longer has hand in all
the aspects of social affairs, under the concept of “small government and big society”,
the social and political ecology is changing, on one hand the government is on a diet
that limits itself the public power and on the other hand it enhances the social power
which in turn increase the standard for the governance by the public. As for
service-oriented government nowadays, it canonizes civilian-oriented as well as the
pursuit of maximum profit, the goal of the government is to serve the civilian,
lowering the administrative cost and increasing the efficiency of the confined
economic resources could definitely benefit the civilian more, administrative cost is
somehow like an obstacle that blocks the way of increasing the administrative
efficiency. As for the Chinese government, lowering the administrative cost could
increase the administrative efficiency and improving the image of the government
simultaneously which helps to regain the public confidence and rebuild the
governmental prestige.
The article holds the broad sense that considers the administrative cost is made up of
both explicit and implicit cost. It uses data to analyze the issue of explicit cost and
uses cases to illustrate the implicit one. Later in the article, it makes the comparison
based on the cases of similar cities and also introduces the successful experience of
home and aboard. At last, it puts forward corresponding countermeasures to deal with
the issue combining with China’s reality. The article uses literature analysis and
comparative analysis, integrating inductive method with conductive method as well as
quantities method combining with qualitative method.
The innovation of the article lies in the empirical study more than the theoretical one.
In addition, the article keeps abreast of the times that analyses the great impact after
18th CPC National Congress so as to offer the public administration academia a latest
study.
Key words: government, administrative cost, countermeasure
ABSTRACT
The modern capitalist corporate food regime is driven by large agroindustries, commodification of nature, monoculture, chemical contamination, land grabbing, and is becoming ever more self-destructive for food producers, consumers, and the whole planet as our web of life. In order to correct and adjust Anthropocene made climate change again and to abandon the false transfer of power from MNC to the power of the people, only a global struggle in localized agroecology can be a solution. As finance-led capitalism has increasingly urged politicized confrontation with the dominance of neoliberalism and agribusiness, the people who are looking to their own pool of ideas in a form of resistance to the "supreme knowledge monoculture", have increased their process of sharing and transferring knowledge, also called diálogo de saberes. This dialog among different knowledges and ways of knowing brought along important 'emergences' from the radical-transformative approach of food sovereignty to its paradigm of agroecology under the struggle of La Via Campesina. This movement has been able to group farmers, landless people, rural proletarian, indigenous people, consumers and even researchers by understanding inclusive diversity as enrichment. Most strikingly, small-scale food producers from developing countries come together with small-scale food producers from the industrial countries, while it is actually the latter's “free trade” agreements and practices that slow out small peasantry in developing countries. Nevertheless, they find and choose common ground by focusing on similarities and joint challenges such as the need for locally controlled food systems and the combined and connected grassroots action against the international violence of power by the corporate food regime. As an example, this thesis reflects on the positive and critical experiences of the Cuban illustrative agroecology training methodology practiced for more than two decades now. The learning values are identified, analyzed and adapted to the current European process of scaling up and strengthening the agroecology training network in the European section of La Via Campesina, the European Coordination Via Campesina. Conclusively, the thesis contributes to the movement by linking and advancing European’s collective action by looking “up” to Cuba’s experiences in the sense of horizontal diálogo de saberes.
Abstrakt
Diese Studie untersucht die Akzeptanz von derzeit am Markt erhältlichen Elektroautos, sowie die potentielle Wirkung von staatlichen Fördermaßnahmen, wie einer Kaufprämie oder der Gewährung von Sonderrechten im Straßenverkehr. Die Methodik der vorliegenden quantitativen Untersuchung basiert auf Rogers (1962) Innovationstheorie und dem Technology Acceptance Model von Davis (1989). Zusätzlich wurde eine wahlbasierte Gegenüberstellung verschiedener Elektroautos und Fahrzeuge mit verschiedenen Antriebsarten konzipiert, um Aufschluss über die geäußerten Präferenzen der Befragten zu erlangen. Eine Kaufprämie und die nicht-monetären Fördermaßnahmen wurden in die Wahlentscheidung integriert. Die Umfrageergebnisse lassen darauf schließen, dass Elektroautos einer sehr geringen Kaufbereitschaft gegenüber stehen, das Interesse an Elektroautos jedoch hoch ist. Die niedrige Kaufbereitschaft basiert auf einem Mangel an Kompatibilität von Elektroautos mit den Bedürfnissen der Probanden. Kaufprämien und nicht-monetäre Fördermaßnahmen sind zwar erwünscht, jedoch wird aus dieser Studie und den Erfahrungen aus anderen Ländern ersichtlich, dass diese Maßnahmen nicht zu einer Einstellungsänderung führen. Eine Einstellungsänderung und somit die Akzeptanz von Elektroautos kann hingegen über die vermehrte Vermittlung von Wissen über Elektroautos und persönliche Erfahrung gefördert werden. Des Weiteren sollten von der Regierung Maßnahmen eingeleitet werden, die eine nachhaltige Veränderung des bisherigen Mobilitätsverhaltens initiieren.
Abstract
Diese Arbeit stellt einen didaktisch aufgearbeiteten Leitfaden für Lehrkräfte dar. Die Arbeit
gibt fundierte Einblicke in gängige Modelle und Techniken von Gamification. Sie leitet durch
die Anwendung eines Referenzmodells und unterstützt konkret durch eine Excel-Vorlage.
Im Fokus steht die Erstellung dieses Referenzmodells für die prozedurale Gamifizierung
von online Vorkursen für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Master-Studiengänge. Eine Stärke
des Referenzmodells ist es, die Lernziele und Zielverhalten zu strukturieren und diese iin
Form von Kreisläufen systematisch in die Kurserstellung einzuarbeiten. Es wird untersucht,
inwiefern Gamification eine autonome Gestaltung fördern kann und welche Methoden
des Human-Focused Design den Teilnehmer in den subjektiven Mittelpunkt des Kurses
rücken. Ansatzpunkte für das weitere Vorgehen zur Einführung der Kurse schließen diese Arbeit
ab.
Abstract
Restrukturierungen stellen umfangreiche Veränderungsprozesse in Organisation dar. Kurzfristige Produktivitätssteigerungen oder Kostensenkungen sind dabei die häufigsten Ziele der Unternehmen. Mittel- und langfristige ökonomische Folgen aufgrund von negativen gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen durch Restrukturierungen auf die Belegschaften bleiben derzeit – trotz Fachkräftemangel – zumeist unberücksichtigt. Welche Faktoren für die Gesundheit von Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmern in Restrukturierungen eine Rolle spielen und welche Handlungsmöglichkeiten das Management für gesundheitserhaltende Restrukturierungen hat, untersucht in Form einer literaturbasierten Analyse die vorliegende Abschlussarbeit
Abstract
This paper is divided into four parts, which are factual requirement, theoretical foundation, way choice and developmental measure.
21st century is an urban century. Urbanization, regarded as one of two subject matters affecting human society deeply, draw people’s attention in the world. China is becoming a modernization country and she makes urbanization as a economic and social stratagem International background and national practice call us for researching urbanization.
Many researchers and a series of theories on urbanization had come forth in Western countries. Since 1949, great progress and substantial fruit have been made in the research of urbanization, which is the theoretical foundation of the process of urbanization, and the analysis tools.
The process of our urbanization is uneven, which is valuable experience and the groundwork of propelling urbanization. In this paper, the stratagem of “Tri-paroles strength, Colony drive” should be brought into effect in the new century. On the one hand, the cluster of cities being subject to one large city should be constructed to drive the system of urbanization, on the other hand, small and medium sized cities’ should be best developed and their function should be brought into play in the modernization. In this way, our urbanization would have four characters, which are network city, multi-dimension pattern, and new industrialization propelling, sustainable development. This is a road with China’s characteristics, on which urban and rural should be made overall planning.
At last, this paper, on the analytic basis of the problem and cause about our urbanization, put forward new measures to propel the urbanization.1. Focus on developing cluster that surrounds a large magisterial city. 2. Set up regional combination and joint mechanism. 3. Arouse permanent population migration through the institutional innovation. 4. Develop industry involving agriculture in favor of town’s developing. 5. Strength the government’s operation in urbanization.
Abstract:
Cross-border M&A of Chinese state-owned and private-owned enterprises
have rapidly increased in the past decades. The study of post-merger integration and the
effects on labor relations is topic of this paper. Two German companies, that have been
acquired by Chinese multi-national corporations, have been examined with qualitative
research methods in form of case studies and interviews have been applied.
Abstract
This thesis compares the Chinese and Japanese medical device market with special attention to diagnostic imaging. It is shown that China is showing much higher growth rates in this segment than Japan. China will probably overtake Japan as the biggest diagnostic imaging market in Asia in the next ten years. Also, since the Chinese import share of imaging devices is much higher than in Japan, it will probably remain much bigger market for foreign MNEs for a long time to come. However, Japan is showing market potential in the high end MRI segment, and will remain one of the most important markets, also due to its aging population. Both countries have shown a difficult regulatory environments, which were renewed in 2014. However, so far reactions in China to the new system have not been favourable, whereas in Japan market participants have not experienced much changes yet. The study shows, that Japan has a highly developed domestic CT and X-ray industry, but lacks technical capabilities in the MRI and PET segment, due to its regulation system and other social factors like risk aversion. In China the markets of all diagnostic imaging device segments are highly dominated by foreign MNEs, in the ultrasound segment however, local producers have become more competitive in recent years. A risk for foreign MNEs trying to succeed on the Chinese market, is the growing support of the Chinese government of domestic producers. The success of diagnostic imaging companies closely corresponds with their expenditure on R&D.
Abstract
The thesis assesses the attractiveness of corporate incubators as perceived by high potential startups. The research topic has not been studied providing the opportunity to identify factors that increase the attractiveness of corporate incubators. To fill the research gap the thesis develops the model of three pillars of attractiveness, which is empirically analyzed by collecting qualitative data in four semi-structured in-depth interviews. The survey of two experts and two entrepreneurs provides insights on the proposed factors and assesses their importance. The thesis concludes that each pillar of the proposed model increases the attractiveness. The collected information further helps to modify the proposed three pillar model into the model of attractiveness of corporate incubators.
Abstract:
The master’s thesis addresses the question whether currency devaluations boost aggregate demand in small open economies in the short run from a post-Kaleckian point of view. Existing open economy versions of the post-Kaleckian model are presented and it is shown how they can be used to analyse the demand effects of currency devaluations. In the existing models, the effect of a currency devaluation on aggregate demand is ambiguous and depends on certain parameter values. Different approaches to modelling the distributional effects of devaluations are discussed and evaluated. All the existing models, however, disregard balance sheet effects that arise from foreign currency-denominated debt. The thesis therefore develops a novel post-Kaleckian model that builds on the existing literature but introduces external debt and balance sheet effects. The model is then used to analyse the effects of a currency devaluation on aggregate demand, growth, and external debt dynamics. The main findings are that the existence of balance sheet effects makes contractionary devaluations more likely, and that balance sheet effects, foreign interest rate hikes and a high propensity to finance investment out of foreign currency denominated debt have destabilising effects.