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Daughter of fortune: Isabel Allende's popularity from a readership perspective
No full textThe primary aim of this thesis is to explore and critically interrogate Isabel Allende’s popularity cross-culturally in Britain and Spain. It analyses readers’ responses to Allende’s works as well as the discourses surrounding her public representation, an approach that is ‘readerly’ but must also take account of production and text. This approach is intended to further the understanding of Allende’s work which so far has always been analysed from a textual perspective. However, the relationship between Allende’s popularity, her texts, public representation and readers has not been yet analysed in detail.This thesis is innovative in other ways too. Methodologically, it approaches readers through the under studied cultural form of the reading group. It also incorporates a comparative dimension by looking at the reception of Allende in two different cultural contexts: the British and Spanish respectively. Finding out about Allende’s popularity has involved asking readers about their reading experiences as well as analysing the production of discourses around her public representation. Paul Ricoeur’s (1984, 1988) perspective on authorial intentions and readers’ responses to texts helps in understanding the intricacies surrounding what is involved in reading any text. It draws attention to Allende’s and her publishers’ authorial strategies, her ‘strategies of persuasion’ and the specificity of the lives and contexts of British and Spanish reading publics. Equally, this ‘readerly’ approach draws on feminist audience research and primarily on the work of Ien Ang and Janice Radway. Their work with viewers and readers respectively is particularly useful in establishing and developing methodological parameters for the study of reading groups. As a whole, this thesis contributes to the understanding of Allende’s cross-cultural popularity by situating readers at the centre
Measuring performance heterogeneity within groups: A two-dimensional approach
No full textWe introduce a new two-dimensional measure for the heterogeneity of performance within groups of economic units. This measure accounts both, for the relative performance of the single units of groups and their relative size. We demonstrate that the new measure leads to a much more differentiated description of heterogeneity than alternative measures, for example, the mean or range. In particular, we provide an example to demonstrate that the proposed measure of heterogeneity is relatively robust with regard to extreme values of units ("outliers") with a relatively small size. -- Wir stellen ein neues zweidimensionales Maß für die Heterogenität der Leis-tungsfähigkeit innerhalb von Gruppen ökonomischer Einheiten vor. Dieses Maß berücksichtigt neben der Leistungsfähigkeit auch die relative Größe der betreffen-den Einheiten. Wir zeigen, dass dieses neue Maß die Heterogenität innerhalb von Gruppen wesentlich differenzierter beschreibt als alternative Maße, wie etwa das arithmetische Mittel und die Spannweite. Anhand eines numerischen Beispiels kann gezeigt werden, dass unser Maß vergleichsweise robust gegenüber extremen Werten (Ausreißern) relativ kleiner Einheiten ist.Performance,heterogeneity,dispersion measures,Leistungsfähigkeit,Heterogenität,Streuungsmaße
Contests for Cooperation: A New Approach in German Innovation Policy
No full textA new approach in German innovation policy organizes contests of proposals for developing innovation networks. Based on an overview of the different programs, we investigate the advantages, problems and limitations of such an approach. We find that this type of policy may have a relatively large impact and can, therefore, be regarded as a rather efficient instrument of innovation policy. Compared to conventional policies, administration of the program is a much more critical issue. The contest approach may stimulate learning effects on the side of the administration but may also require a high degree of flexibility. The main disadvantage is the additional time that is required for conducting the contest. As a distinct "picking the winner" approach, the contest approach is not suited as a means for achieving a leveling-out of regional welfare levels. -- In einem neuen Ansatz der deutschen Innovationspolitik werden Wettbewerbe für Vorschläge zur Entwicklung von Innovationsnetzwerken organisiert. Ausgehend von einem Überblick über diese Programme diskutieren wir Vorteile, Nachteile und Grenzen dieses Ansatzes. Es zeigt sich, dass diese Art der Innovationsförderung große Wirkungen erzeugen kann und daher vermutlich effizienter ist, als andere Typen von Programmen. Im Vergleich zu konventionellen Formen der Innovationsförderung ist allerdings die Administration des Programms sehr viel anspruchsvoller. Der Wettbewerbs-Ansatz kann Lerneffekte der Administration stimulieren aber auch ein relativ hohes Maß an Flexibilität erfordern. Der wesentliche Nachteil ist die zusätzliche Zeit, die für die Durchführung des Wettbewerbs benötigt wird. Da ein Wettbewerb ein ausgesprochenes ?Pick the Winner?-Vefahren darstellt, ist dieser Ansatz für eine ausgleichsorientierte Regionalpolitik kaum geeignet.Innovationspolitik,Wettbewerb zwischen Regionen,Innovationsnetzwerke,Innovation policy,regional competition,innovation networks
Is venture capital a regional business? The role of syndication
No full textWe investigate whether the supply of Venture Capital (VC) in Germany is driven by spatial influences. The study is based on information from more than 300 VC investments made in Germany in the year 2004 and 2005. We find evidence that the geographical distance between a VC company and the portfolio firm is not an important factor for German VC investments. Syndication of investments helps to overcome the problem of distance to portfolio firms if one of the investors is located close to the investment. Altogether, we find no evidence for a severe regional equity gap for young and innovative companies in Germany. --Venture Capital,regional equity gap,start-up financing,entrepreneurship
sj-pdf-1-pcr-10.1177_26323524231186827 – Supplemental material for Implementing ePROM in specialist palliative home care: the professionals’ perspective – a mixed-methods study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pcr-10.1177_26323524231186827 for Implementing ePROM in specialist palliative home care: the professionals’ perspective – a mixed-methods study by Isabel Burner-Fritsch, Stefanie Kolmhuber, Farina Hodiamont, Claudia Bausewein and Katerina Hriskova in Palliative Care and Social Practice</p
Entrepreneurship, entry and performance of new business compared in two growth regimes: East and West Germany
No full textThe paper provides an outline of the concept of regional growth regimes and empirically illustrates the relevance of the concept. The empirical examples are entrepreneurship, entry and the performance of new businesses in East and West Germany. The differences of the factors determining the formation of new businesses as well as their development between these two growth regimes are immense and clearly demonstrate the relevance of region specific factors. -- Der Aufsatz skizziert das Konzept regionaler Wachstumsregime und illustriert die Relevanz des Konzepts mit einem empirischen Beispiel. Als Beispiel dienen Entrepreneurship, Marktzutritt und Erfolg von neu gegründeten Betrieben in Ost- und Westdeutschland. Die Unterschiede hinsichtlich der Bestimmungsgründe von Gründungen als auch die Unterschiede ihrer Entwicklung sind immens und belegen klar die Relevanz von regionalspezifischen Faktoren.Growth regimes,new business formation,new business performance,location,regional influences,Wachstumsregime,Betriebsgründungen,Gründungserfolg,Standort,regionale Einflüsse
Universities and innovation in space
No full textWe investigate the role of universities as a knowledge source for regional innovation processes. The contribution of universities is tested on the level of German NUTS-3 regions (Kreise) by using a variety of indicators. We find that the intensity and quality of the research conducted by the universities have a significant effect on regional innovative output while pure size is unimportant. Therefore, a policy that wants to promote regional innovation processes by building up universities should place substantial emphasis on the intensity and quality of the research conducted there. --Universities,innovation,knowledge,spillovers,patents,regional Analysis
Does venture capital investment really require spatial proximity? An empirical investigation
No full textWe examine the role of spatial proximity for Venture Capital (VC) investments in Germany. The main database is a survey of 85 personal interviews with representatives of different types of financial institutions. The analysis shows that spatial proximity is far less important for VC investments than is often believed. For example, the results indicate that syndication is partly used as an alternative to spatial proximity. Telecommunication does not work as a substitute for face-to-face contact. On the whole, regional proximity is not a dominant factor in VC partnerships. Therefore, the absence of VC firms in a region does not appear to cause a severe regional equity gap. --Venture Capital,spatial proximity,start-up financing
sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163231157871 – Supplemental material for Measurement equivalence of the paper-based and electronic version of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS): A randomised crossover trial
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163231157871 for Measurement equivalence of the paper-based and electronic version of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS): A randomised crossover trial by Anna Bolzani, Sophie Kupf, Farina Hodiamont, Isabel Burner-Fritsch, Claudia Bausewein and Christina Ramsenthaler in Palliative Medicine</p
sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163221141487 – Supplemental material for Challenges developing an electronic patient-reported outcome measurement for palliative home care: A qualitative interview and focus group study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163221141487 for Challenges developing an electronic patient-reported outcome measurement for palliative home care: A qualitative interview and focus group study by Isabel Burner-Fritsch, Anna Bolzani, Katerina Hriskova, Stefanie Kolmhuber, Claudia Bausewein and Farina Hodiamont in Palliative Medicine</p
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