Browsing Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften by Advisor "Bizer, Kilian Prof. Dr."
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The role of university-related intermediation in supporting sustainability transitions in regional innovation initiatives in Germany
(2024-04-05)This dissertation analyzes the roles of university-related intermediation in supporting sustainability transitions in regional innovation initiatives in Germany. Sustainability transitions are required to address grand ... -
SME Innovation in Regional Innovation Systems
(2023-08-31)This dissertation analyzes innovations in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using the concept of regional innovation systems (RIS). The research shows the heterogeneity of innovation processes in SMEs and regions ... -
The influence of vocational education and training on innovation
(2023-08-22)My dissertation aims at analyzing the relevance of vocational education and training (VET) on firm innovation in Germany. It makes a twofold contribution to the innovation literature: Firstly, it complements studies on ... -
Responsible Consumer Behavior in the Digital Age
(2022-09-22)In recent years, consumers have become more sensitive to the social, economic, and environmental consequences of their market choices. More and more consumers vocally oppose socially irresponsible production patterns and ... -
The Making-Of: Innovation. Understanding and Designing the Environment for Non-R&D Innovation
(2022-02-28)This thesis aims to highlight non-R&D innovation and contribute to a broader and more profound appreciation of learning and knowledge creation processes crucial for employee and individual-driven innovation attainment. ... -
Determinations of Other-Regarding Behavior and the Private Provision of Public Goods
(2021-10-08)This thesis contributes to research that challenges the narrow self-interest assumption used in the standard economic model. The first part of the thesis includes three experimental studies on social preferences. The second ... -
Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Energy Economic Policy Instruments from the Residential and SMEs Sector
(2020-04-16)This dissertation analyzes the effectiveness of different energy economic policy instruments for carbon dioxide emission reductions. To this end, evidence on the effectiveness of energy economic policy instruments on ... -
Financial Market Actors: Cognitive Biases, Portfolio Diversification and Forecasting Ability
(2019-05-10)For investments in the capital markets, portfolio theory (Markowitz, 1952) plays a significant role and continues to form an important basis for decisions on the structuring of investment portfolios. For risk-averse ... -
Biases and Heuristics in Portfolio Management – Determinants for non-optimal Portfolio Diversification
(2019-02-22)Markowitz (1952) shows that it is useful for risk-averse investors to split capital among different investment instruments. Practice shows, however, that investors often have non-optimal diversified portfolios. There are ... -
Doing-Using-Interacting-Mode. Wirtschaftspolitische Folgerungen zum Lern- und Innovationsverhalten von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen
(2018-12-19)The promotion of innovations activities is a central element of a successful economic policy. Innovation researchers and policy makers have so far mainly dealt with the learning and innovation behavior of research- and ... -
Economic effects of occupational regulation
(2018-12-18)This thesis is motivated by the wish to balance the public debate on regulation. It aims to teach public and policy-makers about the seen und unseen effects as well as regulatory options of a particular form of regulation ... -
Decision-making, uncertainty and the predictability of financial markets: Essays on interest rates, crude oil prices and exchange rates
(2018-05-24)Decision-makers are confronted with decisions under uncertainty. Financial uncertainty may adversely affect growth. Theoretically, forecasts may potentially reduce uncertainty and create economic value. Focusing on survey ... -
Credit Access, Networks, Institutions and Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Insights from Vietnam
(2018-03-01)Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in developing and transition economies. Recently, more attention has been paid to the role of networks and institutions in improving firm performance. By using ... -
Determinants of Human Cooperation
(2017-12-13)The present book adds to the broad field of investigations concerning what affects and determines human cooperation. It provides new insights into internal and external factors that influence such decisions. Rather than ... -
Essays about Prerequisites for the Regulation of Risk Communication in Supply Chains with Respect to the European Community Regulation on Chemicals REACH (EC) No 1907/2006
(2017-07-11)The European Community Regulation on Chemicals (REACH) is supposed to be a modern and intelligent regulation. It entered into effect on June 1, 2007 and remains in its implementation phase. The modern and intelligent aspects ... -
The effects of regulatory and financial policy instruments on innovative behavior
(2016-03-24)Fostering innovative activities is broadly acknowledged to be a core requirement of successful economic policy in order to achieve political aims like economic growth, high levels of employment or long-standing international ... -
Innovation and experts
(2016-03-03)Experts have been discussed in the literature concerning the role of transferring knowledge to client firms and private customers. Nevertheless, only limited evidence has been presented concerning the clients’ internal ... -
Wirkung föderaler Strukturen in der staatlichen Innovationsförderung
(2015-07-10)Public innovation support claims to reach out to firms facing barriers to innovate, especially smaller firms. Earlier studies showed that governmental programmes do not fulfil those aims. But the distinctions between ... -
Rationalität und Qualität von Wirtschaftsprognosen
(2015-05-19)Economic forecasts are utilized to decrease uncertainty relating to planning processes of companies and governments. Empirical research shows evidence that the level of forecast quality is generally rather poor. In order ... -
Social Identity in the Provision and Protection of Cultural Goods
(2015-02-23)The dissertation consists of two parts. The first part investigates whether and how to protect cultural goods. In particular, Chapter II analyses how the notion of social identity affects the respective demand for protection ...