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The Economic Effects Of Chinas Belt And Road Initiative On Selected Southeast European Countries
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Introduction of data-driven innovation using the example of chatbot technology
No full textChatbots have seen a rapid development in recent years which is projected to continue with more wide-spread adoption in the near future. Companies can struggle not only with the immature language processing technology that form the basis of chatbot projects, but also with the implementation and integration into their existing business infrastructure. There are certain techniques and best practices in circulation that increase the chances of successfully implementing such projects, however. What a successful project plan for a chatbot can look like, if implemented with the help of an external Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of a chatbot or even proprietary development of a chatbot, what the technical background looks like and what questions need to be considered especially for the introduction of a chatbot are topics this paper addresses and tries to answer using existing literature on the topic and primary research conducted with industry experts
The functions of an unconditional basic income – Theoretical debate and new empirical findings
No full textThe Banking Sector's Transformation: Developing Digitalization Capabilities for a Successful Digital Business Strategy Implementation
No full textAnalyzing China and Russia's Relationship in the North with an International Relations Theory
No full textA German perspective on drivers of knowledge transfer from German small- and medium-sized enterprises to Chinese companies
No full textThis study investigates the relationship between selected internal and external
factors and German small- and medium-sized enterprises’ technology transfer
activities. The research features a comprehensive analysis on the relationship
between different modes of foreign operations and intensity of transferred
technology including a detailed review of channels, means and drivers of
technology transfer. The research model is based on a sample of 164 so called
‘Hidden Champions’ from Germany and identifies a positive relationship for
number of employees and firm age on the mode of operation. However, annual
revenues and Research & Development intensity of the German small- and
medium-sized enterprises have not been found to have a significant impact.
Firms with higher firm age, are assumed to have superior international
experience and are thus risk-taking with regard to entering foreign markets.
Additionally, other variables such as host-country networks, a firm’s degree of
product differentiation, political and business environment and host-country
location of FDI are investigated. The paper concludes with a discussion about
implications for decisionmakers on both sides
The Internet makes people happier because it makes them think they’re better off - Evidence from China and Germany
No full textThe subjective well-being (SWB) of people increasingly concerns policymakers
and economists alike. But what matters, after basic income concerns are satisfied,
has sparked debates. Social comparison theory (SCT) offers an intuitive answer,
which explains happiness as an outcome of comparisons to the social environment
and past experiences. Examining this theory as a potential determinant of wellbeing,
we discover that the advent of the Internet has led to a dramatic shift in
parameters, potentially magnifying the impact of social comparisons.
For a number of reasons, China and Germany serve as an ideal testing ground for
the hypothesised relations: Both share a surprisingly similar SWB trajectory, but,
whereas China has recently experienced a rapid expansion of Internet access,
Germany already saw widespread adoption of this technology for over a decade.
Therefore, looking at survey data from the China General Social Survey from 2011
to 2015, promised to yield conclusive answers about this triangular relation.
Findings suggest that, first, social comparison concerns predict subjective wellbeing
better than any objective measures. Second, only in China was spending
more time online associated with an improved life satisfaction and better social
comparison outcomes. Here, having access was more important than the
frequency of use. This could imply that individuals initially gain immensely from
the introduction of the Internet, in terms of social comparison outcomes, but that
those effects wear off over time