702 research outputs found
E-business in Service Industries : Usage patterns and service gaps
No full textThe empirical data presented here have been derived from a company survey which has been conducted in eight service sectors across the EU. From these eight sectors four sectors have been chosen for the present analysis. The criterion for selection was comparability with respect to market orientation, regulation intensity and performance indicators. The dynamics of growth of the service industries analysed here varies between countries (E-biz Market Watch Group 2002, see also Preissl 2000). Country comparisons allow to observe specific specialisation patterns and possible deficits: Complete data sets are available for France, Germany, Italy and the UK. It will be particularly interesting to have a closer look at the situation in Germany, since this country is generally considered a ?service laggard? (see summaries of the debate in Cornetz/Schäfer 1999 and in Stille, Preissl, Schupp 2003). On the basis of the empirical material on e-business available from the survey, it will be possible to check, if the often stated lack of service sector dynamics (see, for example, Bullinger 1997) also holds for the introduction of innovative technology-based business models in service firms. If service sectors in Germany, compared with their main competitors in Europe are reluctant to introduce e-business, the service gap gains another dimension. The gap is usually identified in oversimplifying terms of shares of services in total employment and value added in a country compared with other countries. It has been pointed out that these indicators are not relevant to estimate the structural ?soundness? of an economy (Stille, Preissl, Schupp 2003) which rather rests on the systemic context that makes a particular mix of industries successful. However, undoubtedly, the performance of services that provide essential inputs in many processes of production and efficient services to private households plays an important role in generating a modern services-manufacturing mix. This leads to two central research questions which will be discussed in this paper: (1) how is the heterogeneity of services reflected in their use of ICT and e-business adoptions across Europe? and (2) do German service industries differ from other European countries with respect to the use of e-business opportunities
Analyse comparative de l'informatisation. Proposition pour un indicateur combiné
No full textDrawing upon a study of German firms, the author proposes the formulation of a combined indicator for measuring the degree of informatization and telecommunication of a firm. This indicator comprises the static component (facilities or the stock of equipment), the dynamic component (related to investments), the intensity of use, and the " information occupation " represented by the number of employees with IT qualifications. The author also argues in favour of the incorporation of qualitative parameters.En partant d'une étude sur les entreprises allemandes, l'auteur propose l'élaboration d'un indicateur combiné permettant de mesurer le degré d'informatisation et de télécommunication. Les principales composantes de cet indicateur sont le statique (l'équipement ou le stock de matériels), le dynamique (lié à l'investissement), l'intensité d'utilisation et le « professionnalisme informatique » représentant le nombre de personnes qui possèdent dans l'entreprise des compétences informatiques et/ou télécommunicationnelles. L'auteur appelle in fine à une intégration de paramètres qualitatifs.Preissl Brigitte. Analyse comparative de l'informatisation. Proposition pour un indicateur combiné. In: Réseaux, volume 16, n°87, 1998. Les claviers. pp. 119-134
Motive und Motivationen als Grundlage menschlichen Verhaltens – Überlegungen zu einer integrativen Motivationstheorie
No full textDie Untersuchungen der Autorin zur Motivation führen zu dem Schluss, dass Grundmotive im Menschen genetisch angelegt sind. Diese sind implizit in seinem Menschen- und Weltbild vorhanden und werden in situativen Motivationsprozessen aktualisiert. Das Motiv der Hilfeleistung, das in therapeutischen oder beraterischen Prozessen beim Therapeuten aktiviert ist, findet ein Gegenüber im Motiv der Suche nach Hilfe beim Klienten. Beide Seiten folgen einem, von der Autorin dargestellten intersubjektiven Motivationsprozess.The author’s research focuses on the origin and development of motives and moti¬vation with special emphasis on the motive of helpfulness in therapy or consulting. Helpfulness is an essential of the human character. It determines our concepts of the world and of mankind. From an integrative point of view the author discusses the origins of motives in man and develops a structural model of the process of motivation and behaviour of both, client and therapist.https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/13-2012-jaekel-brigitte-motive-und-motivationen-als-grundlage-menschlichen-verhaltens/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
Edgar and Brigitte Bodenheimer Collection 1897-1992, 2011 1920-1983
No full textThe Edgar and Brigitte Bodenheimer Collection documents the professional and personal life of law professor Edgar Bodenheimer as well as that of his wife, Brigitte Bodenheimer (née Levy). The collection contains documentation on their early legal work during the 1940s, Edgar's participation in the Nuremberg Trials, and postwar work as professors, as well as material on their daily lives and other family members. The collection includes a copious amount of correspondence, lecture texts, certificates and diplomas, diaries and notebooks, newspaper clippings, teaching material, poetry, a friendship album, and other papers.Original order in 5 boxes: Box 1: Edgar and Brigitte Bodenheimer: journals, poems, documents. Box 2: Edgar Bodenheimer: speeches & talks, CV, bibligraphies, teaching materials, reviews of E.B.'s books. Box 3: Edgar Bodenheimer professional correspondence. Box 4a: Edgar Bodenheimer personal correspondence. Box 4b: Edgar Bodenheimer personal correspondence.A book about Edgar and Brigitte Bodenheimer by their daughter Rosemarie Bodenheimer is available in the LBI Library: "Edgar and Brigitte: a German Jewish passage to America". This book was written using the documents in this collection.Two books by Edgar Bodenheimer with his extensive handwritten notes were removed to the LBI Library. Photocopies of these notes were retained in the collection and will be found in Series III.Edgar Bodenheimer was born in Berlin on March 14, 1908, the son of the bank director Siegmund Bodenheimer and his wife Rosa (called Rosi, née Maass). He studied law and political science at various German and Swiss universities, acquiring his Doctor of Laws from the University of Heidelberg in 1933. In 1934 Edgar Bodenheimer immigrated to the United States, where he found a position in a New York City law office.Brigitte M. Levy was the daughter of Ernst Levy, a professor and scholar of Roman Law at the University of Heidelberg, and Marie Levy (née Wolff). After studies at various German universities, she received her doctoral degree in jurisprudence from the University of Heidelberg in 1934 after have immigrating to New York, where she continued her studies at Columbia University. In 1935 Edgar Bodenheimer and Brigitte M. Levy married. (They eventually had three children: Peter became a professor of astrophysics at the University of California; Thomas became a physician; and Rosemarie became an author and professor of English literature at Boston College.In 1935 the couple moved to Seattle, Washington, where they both studied law at the University of Washington. Edgar Bodenheimer joined the Washington Bar Association in 1939 once he had become a citizen. The following year Edgar Bodenheimer received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Law Librarianship. His book ‘Jurisprudence’ was published in 1940; many other books followed until 1962. In 1942 the Bodenheimers moved to Washington, D.C., working in various official positions. In 1945 Edgar joined the prosecuting team at the Nuremberg Trials.In 1946 Edgar Bodenheimer took a position at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City; in 1951 he was made full professor and held the position until his departure in 1966. Brigitte Bodenheimer worked primarily in the fields of divorce, marriage, and juvenile court legislation. In 1964 she also became a full-time professor at the University of Utah.In 1966 Edgar Bodenheimer became professor of law at the University of California at Davis. In 1975 he became Professor Emeritus. Brigitte Bodenheimer became a full professor at Davis in 1972; in 1979 she became Professor Emeritus. She died in 1981 at the age of 69.Edgar Bodenheimer held visiting professorships at several universities in Germany and in the U.S. In 1975 he was named an Outstanding Educator of America. He died in 1991 in Davis, California, survived by his second wife, Brigitte née Schoenberg.Finding aid available onlineProcesseddigitize
Fibre-optic Networks: On Investment, Regulation and Competition
No full textTelekommunikation, Lichtleiterkommunikation, Regulierung, Investition, Wettbewerb, Telecommunications, Optical fibre transmission, Regulation, Investment, Competition
THE GERMAN SERVICE GAP OR: RE-ORGANISING THE MANUFACTURING--SERVICES PUZZLE
No full textTwo phenomena make the distinction between services and manufacturing obsolete: the tertiarization of manufacturing and the introduction of information technologies in service industries. Competitiveness of manufacturing firms increasingly depends on the quality of service inputs and on packages of goods and services. Information and communication technologies introduce 'industrial' processes of production in service industries. Hence, it does not make sense any more to use categories such as 'services' or 'manufacturing'. Instead, it would be more meaningful to group economic activities according to input configurations. This paper will discuss these issues in the context of the supposed German 'service gap'. Copyright � 2007 The Author; Journal compilation � 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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