Cooperation

Herbert Mushumba, Barbara Franke, Leon Mutesa, Klaus Püschel (Eds.)

Forensic Science in Rwanda

Developments, Synergies and New Actions

Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Hamburg

Looking at Rwanda’s past and considering its future with the aim of becoming a middle-income nation makes it obvious that forensic medicine is a required need for the development of the nation. Some of the crimes of the past may still be unresolved due to lack of forensic medicine capabilities, and yet the rate of development could now mean even more sophistication in crime, which will call for equally advanced techniques in forensic practice. [...]

Tony Irawan

Foreign Direct Investment Dynamics in South East Asian Countries

Theoretical Aspects and New Empirical Evidence

Schriftenreihe volkswirtschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

The Southeast Asian countries that are covered in this study are all members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). This study not only analyzes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at the aggregate level, but also at the sectoral level, namely in the Information and Communication Technologies sector. It contributes to the study of FDI and regionalism (Regional Trade Agreements/RTAs), particularly in the case of ASEAN. Moreover, this study also contributes to […]

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 Wirtschaftskooperationspartner angewiesen und China tritt in einen Wettbewerb mit diesen traditionellen Geberländern. Andererseits könnte das chinesische […]

Chunwen Hao

Teacher Education in Primary and Secondary Schools (6–18-Year-Old Students)

A Comparative Study Between China and Germany

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

Although the physical distance between China and Germany is large, the continual strengthening of ties between the two countries as well as widespread use of modern technology has allowed the two countries to not only cooperate in a political, economical, and cultural sense, but also educationally.

Both China and Germany attach great importance to improving the quality of education and training given to their teachers within the education reform. Both countries […]

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 provides policy makers, policy shapers and implementing agencies with guidance for the systematic analysis of deficiencies and synergy potentials within the […]

Kiryl Kascian

Legal Framework for SMEs as a Structural Factor for Regional Development

A Case-Study of Techonology Park-Based Innovative SMEs in Bremen, Gdansk and Klagenfurt

Studienreihe wirtschaftsrechtliche Forschungsergebnisse

The EU steadily aims to increase its economic competitiveness so that it is capable to successfully stand the existing economic challenges and to maintain economic, territorial and social cohesion. The accomplishment of these goals is connected with the completion of the EU internal market which is regarded as “a system of open and competitive markets?. This implies the enhanced cooperation of the involved actors on the EU, national and regional levels. This cooperation […]

Irmela Gorges (Ed.)

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Regional Development

Probleme und Chancen der Globalisierung

The present volume is interdisciplinary in scope, written for economists, social scientists, civil servants, environmental protectionists, and individuals alike who are interested and working in the field of sustainable development. The volume is a compilation of mainly research results from economics covering seven areas of sustainable development: the political impact on sustainable societal and economic development, the relevance of an organized service sector, […]

Henrik Heitmann

Selected Scheduling Applications

QM – Quantitative Methoden in Forschung und Praxis

The first chapter is dedicated to a general introduction into scheduling. Among the basic concepts in scheduling, machine scheduling, general methodologies for solving scheduling problems, scheduling formulations and definitions in computational complexity are illustrated. The first chapter ends with a brief synopsis.

In chapter 2, the yard crane scheduling and routing problem is addressed. More precisely, it is focussed on the job scheduling and crane routing […]

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 influenced the post-Cold War security debate.

According to this concept, the security risks deriving from ecologically generated instability were […]

Weronika Suchacka / Uwe Zagratzki / Hartmut Lutz (eds.)

Despite Harper: International Perceptions of Canadian Literature and Culture

Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Der Sammelband verfolgt zwei Ziele. Er führt zum einen Beiträge aus den Teildisziplinen Literatur-und Kulturwissenschaften, Geschichte, Didaktik und Geographie innerhalb der Canadian Studies zusammen. Die hier versammelten Autoren und Autorinnen sind Experten auf ihren jeweiligen Fachgebieten. Ihre Beiträge verstehen sich als Einführungen in spezielle Fragestellungen der Kanadistik für interessierte Leserinnen und Leser, aber auch als aktuelle Bestandsaufnahmen für den […]