@inproceedings{MejiaGlasbergTammetal.2011, author = {Mejia, F. and Glasberg, Ronald and Tamm, Gerrit and Lopez, Gabriel J.}, title = {Readiness Level to adopt Smart Grid Technologies: Study for the City of Medellin}, isbn = {978-1-4577-1802-1}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The smart grid development in Latin America shows a big gap in the amount of research and development when compared with the USA and EU where the topic has been active for almost 10 years. In this context two different models and expert surveys are used in this study to evaluate the readiness level of the city of Medellin to adopt smart grid technologies. The results of this study show that the City has the utilities, the knowledge, the universities and the human resource to become a role model in the region. But an effort to integrate all the actors and impulse a common agenda is required. The utility companies need to lead this development, but regulators, academia and industry must back up this endeavor and enable Medellin to lead the power grid development of the next years in the region.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{GlasbergZohr2011, author = {Glasberg, Ronald and Zohr, Katrin}, title = {Innovation in Human Resources: a theoretical Advancement on employee motivation and organizational innovation}, series = {2nd International Conference on Economics, Business and Management}, volume = {22}, booktitle = {2nd International Conference on Economics, Business and Management}, publisher = {IACSIT Press}, address = {Singapore}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-2861}, pages = {7 -- 11}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Innovation is an important topic for companies in order to stay competitive in the market. Without innovation and the closely linked subject of creativity, companies would not develop further and could not succeed within the globalized world. A crucial factor of innovation and creativity are people. Employees need to have the possibility to be creative because without creative minds no new ideas are generated and therefore no innovation takes place. The aim of the paper is to give an overview about the linkage between creativity and innovation. Additionally the theoretical advancement describes the importance of employee motivation for organizational innovation. The results show the necessity of creative work force within an innovative organization since creativity and innovation are closely related to each other. Employee motivation plays a key role for creativity hence a positively stimulating corporate culture is needed in order to have an innovative company.}, language = {en} }