Methodology

Sebastian Röthele

Leistungsqualität und Preisfairness als Einflussfaktoren der Kundenzufriedenheit in industriellen Geschäftsbeziehungen

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Die Kundenzufriedenheit besitzt sowohl in der Marketingforschung als auch in der Unternehmenspraxis eine überragende Bedeutung, da ihr ein starker Einfluss auf den langfristigen ökonomischen Erfolg eines Unternehmens beigemessen wird. Spezifische Fragestellungen zur Zufriedenheit industrieller Kunden werden dennoch nur selten untersucht. Diese […]

Sabrina Jeworrek

The Behavioral Impact of Non-Monetary Workplace Characteristics

Laboratory and Field Experimental Evidence

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

This thesis covers four independent research articles on the behavioral impact of selected non-monetary workplace characteristics – i.e. employee voice, task characteristics, and the provision of information – on workers’ individual decision making and workplace performance.

Given the neoclassical assumption of purely self-interested […]

Myrjam Beintner

Kombinationen von System Dynamics und Soft Operations Research zur Entscheidungsunterstützung im strategischen Management

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Strategische Entscheidungen besitzen für Unternehmen einen besonderen Stellenwert. Während von ihnen wesentlich die Zukunft des Unternehmens abhängt, stellen sie Entscheider vor große Herausforderungen. Als eine Möglichkeit zum Umgang mit der Komplexität strategischer Entscheidungen etablierte sich der System-Dynamics-Ansatz. Dieser führt […]

Pavlo Mozharovskyi

Contributions to Depth-based Classification and Computation of the Tukey Depth

Schriftenreihe volkswirtschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

During the last several decades, classification proved to be useful in many spheres of science and daily life. Its further applications in numerous fields require constant improvement and development of the methodological basis. This book investigates latest advances in the data classification that exploit the recently emerged concept of the […]

Charis-Olga Papadopoulou

The Use of the Learning Portfolio in Foreign Language Teacher Education

The Promotion of Learner Autonomy

Didaktik in Forschung und Praxis

This book addresses an important issue in foreign language teacher training, that of fostering learner autonomy in higher education. On the basis of an appropriate theoretical framework and systematically collected empirical evidence the book presents a learning portfolio to be used by student teachers of foreign languages. Teacher educators […]

Margita Altus

Decision Support for Conceptual Database Design Based on the Evidence Theory

An Intelligent Dialogue Interface for Conceptual Database Design

Forschungsergebnisse zur Informatik

The aim of this work is to present a database design information system, which integrates two important cornerstones of communication. On the on side, it provides an intelligent dialogue interface for conceptual database design; the interactive behaviour of a design dialogue interface facilitates the communication of consistent design […]

Margita Andrea Hammermann

Not Just for the Money,
but What For?

An Experimental and Empirical Analysis of Immaterial, Tangible and Monetary Incentives

Personalwirtschaft

One of the great challenges in personnel economics is how to align employee’s best interest to that of the employer. The literature on incentive theory has up to now focused mostly on monetary incentives. Indeed, many facts speak in their favor. Money is storable, fungible, easily tradable, and mainly independent of the recipient’s preference […]

Margita Časlav Božić

Applications of Intelligent Systems for News Analytics in Finance

Studien zur Wirtschaftsinformatik

News articles make a very important information source for traders beacuse news stories reach a huge number of people, and they can initiate massive market movements, like panic selling, or massive buying, but they can also lead to more subtle market movements. With the rise of algorithmic trading volume in recent years, the need for […]

Margita Phanthian Zuesongdham

Process Modeling in Project and Heavy-Lift Cargo

Logistik-Management in Forschung und Praxis

Project cargo is one of the most interesting business areas in the logistics industry. Its specialcharacteristics containing the individual processes and complexity of planning and implementationmake this field very attractive and challenging for the logistician. A transportation of a turbine from Germany to India or several container […]

Margita Julia Analena Hollmann

Language & the Brain: The Neural Basis of Foreign Language Proficiency

Angewandte Linguistik aus interdisziplinärer Sicht

The heart of this book is constituted by the scientific discipline of neurolinguistics. The fascinating field of neurolinguistics encompasses the study of the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of a native or foreign language. Neurolinguistic research examines the underlying […]