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Andreas Wild

Strategic supplier cooperation in the automotive industry

Schriftenreihe zum Verhandlungsmanagement

In the automotive industry, suppliers from the consumer electronics and high-tech industry are becoming increasingly relevant, for example in the context of automated vehicles. The carmakers’ purchasing organizations need to understand the power constellation in negotiations with these new suppliers, since…

Sonja Čotar Konrad / Darjo Felda / Tina Štemberger

Contemporary Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

The monograph »Contemporary perspectives on early childhood education and care« consists of ten chapters that theoretically and empirically address some of the key areas of quality of ECEC.

In the first chapter »The preschool teacher: an important factor in promoting child development« we present how the…

Ángela María Beltrán Hernández

The Socio-Political Construction of Civilians Affected by War – “Refocusing Life While Weaving Pain”

An Alternative Look at Relational Agency Theory Based on the Colombian Case

Studien zur Konflikt- und Friedensforschung

A painful reality persists in the 21st century: The various faces of violence are troubling as ever, manifesting themselves not only in brutal wars but also concealed within inequality, poverty, and injustice.

Direct, structural, and symbolic violence erodes the lives of millions of people every day,…

Libor Lukášek

The Visegrad Group

Its Development in the Years 1991 – 2004

Schriften zur Geschichtsforschung des 20. Jahrhunderts

The Visegrad Group is an alliance of Eastern European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) founded 15 February 1991 in Visegrad with the presidents of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland signing a „Declaration on mutual cooperation for further European integration.“ The strategic goals of…

Fidelis Etah Ewane

Regional Integration and Cooperation in Central Africa: From State-Centric Perspective to Multi-Level Governance

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

Dieses Buch befasst sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten des Regionalisierungsprozesses, insbesondere da diese mit regionalen Friedens- und Sicherheitsfragen in der ECCAS Region interagieren. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf politischen Aspekten der Integration, und so untersucht der Autor Institutionen und…

Timo Menniken

Hydrological Regionalism in the Mekong and the Nile Basin

International Politics Along Transboundary Watercourses

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

As bipolarism was dissolving, in the 1990s, the perceived threat of nuclear war decreased, while the demand for a redefinition, or rather expansion of the term and comprehension of international security has increased. The concept of “ecological vulnerability” is a brainchild of this process and has significantly…

Tatiana Astapova

Case Study on Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Bankruptcy Proceeding and its European Affiliates

Cross-Border Cooperation Solutions

Schriftenreihe zum internationalen Einheitsrecht und zur Rechtsvergleichung

The main idea of this research, which is based on the case study of the Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated bankruptcy proceeding, is an examination to which extent the bankruptcy legislation, considering its protective function was effective and „resistant“ in the context of the distressed economy and what steps…

Ilona Steiler

The European Union and China in Africa

Explaining Conflict and Cooperation with International Relations Theory

Regensburger Studien zur Internationalen Politik

The Chinese quest for African resources, market opportunities, and political influence in African countries has caught the attention of Western media and analysts. The depiction of Beijing’s „safari“ into Africa mainly presents a negative image of the Chinese engagement: China is said to risk political stability on…

Bernd Kadura, Joachim Langbein, Kerstin Wilde

Strengthening Innovation Systems

Foundation, Concept and Strategic Approach

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

Strengthening innovation systems is of prime importance for sustained competitiveness of countries and regions in an increasingly knowledge-based global economy.

This does not only apply to industrialised countries, but holds true for emerging economies and developing countries as well. This manual…

Audace Manirahinyuza

China als Chance für Afrika?

Der Einfluss der chinesischen Afrikapolitik auf (Good) Governance in Afrika und der Umgang der dortigen Eliten mit dem neuen Engagement Chinas

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

Die Intensivierung der chinesisch-afrikanischen Kooperation stellt Afrika vor Herausforderungen, bietet aber auch Chancen für die Wirtschaftsentwicklung und Integration Afrikas in den Globalisierungsprozess. Einerseits sind die Länder Afrikas damit deutlich weniger auf ihre traditionellen Handels- und…