@article{32546, abstract = {{This longitudinal study addresses the role of support given by parents and peers during the transition from university to work life. A sample of 64 German university students in their last year at the university completed scales from the Network of Relationships Inventory regarding general support, namely, instrumental aid and intimacy with mothers, fathers, romantic partners, and friends. Four years later, they assessed domain-specific support when looking for work, namely, joint exploration and instrumental support. Participants perceived receiving both types of support from all significant others. However, joint exploration was more important than instrumental support. They felt especially supported by romantic partners. Women received more support than did men. Both types of domain-specific support were explained by general modes of support assessed 4 years earlier. Whether parents, friends, and partners were perceived as helpful during the transition was explained mainly by joint exploration. Again, support from a partner was seen as especially helpful in contrast to help from parents and friends. The special significance of joint exploration underlines the benefit of counseling at the transition from university to work life.}}, author = {{Buhl, Heike M. and Noack, Peter and Kracke, Baerbel}}, issn = {{0894-8453}}, journal = {{Journal of Career Development}}, keywords = {{Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, General Psychology, Applied Psychology, Education}}, number = {{6}}, pages = {{523--535}}, publisher = {{SAGE Publications}}, title = {{{The Role of Parents and Peers in the Transition From University to Work Life}}}, doi = {{10.1177/0894845317720728}}, volume = {{45}}, year = {{2017}}, } @article{47913, author = {{Reimsbach, Daniel and Hahn, Rüdiger and Gürtürk, Anil}}, issn = {{0963-8180}}, journal = {{European Accounting Review}}, keywords = {{Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), Accounting, Business and International Management, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Economics and Econometrics, Finance}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{559--581}}, publisher = {{Informa UK Limited}}, title = {{{Integrated Reporting and Assurance of Sustainability Information: An Experimental Study on Professional Investors’ Information Processing}}}, doi = {{10.1080/09638180.2016.1273787}}, volume = {{27}}, year = {{2017}}, } @article{46639, abstract = {{ Purpose Many manufacturing firms entrust partners to provide services on their behalf. However, it is not clear whether and when firms can capture the potential value advantages of outsourcing business services. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of different types of business service outsourcing on firm value. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses event study methodology to estimate the impact of business service outsourcing announcements on abnormal returns of publicly traded manufacturing companies in Europe. Findings External service outsourcing that directly affects the company’s customers leads to more favorable outcomes than internal service outsourcing. This effect is contingent on the strategic outsourcing intention, the service’s reliance on technology, and the choice of the outsourcing partner. Research limitations/implications Findings show that firm value depends critically on the service value it delivers to customers. Future research could explore further contingency variables, and investigate the role of service outsourcing networks and relationships. Practical implications The insights of this study help managers to decide why, how, and to whom they should outsource their business services, as well as how to justify their outsourcing decisions, and how to communicate them toward the financial markets. Originality/value This research sheds light on the value implications of outsourcing decisions. Two types of business service outsourcing are distinguished, namely, internal and external. Furthermore, the study enhances our understanding of a contingency perspective on service outsourcing decisions. }}, author = {{Eggert, Andreas and Böhm, Eva and Cramer, Christina}}, issn = {{1757-5818}}, journal = {{Journal of Service Management}}, keywords = {{Strategy and Management, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{476--498}}, publisher = {{Emerald}}, title = {{{Business service outsourcing in manufacturing firms: an event study}}}, doi = {{10.1108/josm-11-2016-0306}}, volume = {{28}}, year = {{2017}}, } @article{45590, author = {{Kesternich, Martin and Reif, Christiane and Rübbelke, Dirk}}, issn = {{0924-6460}}, journal = {{Environmental and Resource Economics}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{403--411}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Recent Trends in Behavioral Environmental Economics}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s10640-017-0162-3}}, volume = {{67}}, year = {{2017}}, } @article{4690, author = {{Gorbacheva, Elena and Stein, Armin and Schmiedel, Theresa and Müller, Oliver}}, issn = {{18670202}}, journal = {{Business and Information Systems Engineering}}, keywords = {{BPM workforce, Business process management, Competences, Gender diversity, Latent semantic analysis, Skills, Text mining}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{213----231}}, title = {{{The Role of Gender in Business Process Management Competence Supply}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s12599-016-0428-2}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{4692, author = {{Müller, Oliver and Schmiedel, Theresa and Gorbacheva, Elena and vom Brocke, Jan}}, issn = {{17517583}}, journal = {{Enterprise Information Systems}}, keywords = {{abilities, business process management, competences, knowledge, latent semantic analysis, professionals, skills, typology}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{50----80}}, title = {{{Towards a typology of business process management professionals: identifying patterns of competences through latent semantic analysis}}}, doi = {{10.1080/17517575.2014.923514}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{43212, author = {{Rodriguez Lopez, Juan Miguel and Engels, Anita and Knoll, Lisa}}, issn = {{1469-3062}}, journal = {{Climate Policy}}, keywords = {{Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{346--360}}, publisher = {{Informa UK Limited}}, title = {{{Understanding carbon trading: Effects of delegating CO2 responsibility on organizations’ trading behaviour}}}, doi = {{10.1080/14693062.2015.1119096}}, volume = {{17}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{47912, abstract = {{ Factorial surveys (FSs) integrate elements of survey research and classical experiments. Using a large number of respondents in a controlled setting, FSs approximate complex and realistic judgment situations through so-called vignettes—that is, carefully designed descriptions of hypothetical people, social situations, or scenarios. Despite being rooted, and predominantly applied, in sociology, FSs are particularly promising for business and society (B&S) scholars. Given the multiplicity, inherent complexity, and sometimes fuzziness of B&S research objects, conventional research methods inevitably reach their limits. This article, therefore, systematically presents methodological and thematic opportunities for FS studies in B&S research. It is argued that FSs are well suited to dealing with the complex interplay of societal-, organizational-, and individual-level factors in B&S research and to studying the principles underlying human perceptions, attitudes, values, social norms, and (anticipated) behavior. The application of the FS method is illustrated based on a showcase example in the realm of socially responsible investments (SRIs). As the literature on the conceptualization of FSs is limited, methodological challenges are addressed to guide B&S researchers past the common methodological pitfalls. }}, author = {{Oll, Josua and Hahn, Rüdiger and Reimsbach, Daniel and Kotzian, Peter}}, issn = {{0007-6503}}, journal = {{Business & Society}}, keywords = {{Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{26--59}}, publisher = {{SAGE Publications}}, title = {{{Tackling Complexity in Business and Society Research: The Methodological and Thematic Potential of Factorial Surveys}}}, doi = {{10.1177/0007650316645337}}, volume = {{57}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{45591, author = {{Gallier, Carlo and Kesternich, Martin and Sturm, Bodo}}, issn = {{0924-6460}}, journal = {{Environmental and Resource Economics}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{535--557}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Voting for Burden Sharing Rules in Public Goods Games}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s10640-016-0022-6}}, volume = {{67}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{52207, author = {{Schlüter, Alexander and Rosano, Michele B.}}, issn = {{0959-6526}}, journal = {{Journal of Cleaner Production}}, keywords = {{Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Strategy and Management, General Environmental Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment}}, pages = {{19--28}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{A holistic approach to energy efficiency assessment in plastic processing}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.01.037}}, volume = {{118}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{5679, abstract = {{Cloud computing promises the flexible delivery of computing services in a pay-as-you-go manner. It allows customers to easily scale their infrastructure and save on the overall cost of operation. However Cloud service offerings can only thrive if customers are satisfied with service performance. Allow-ing instantaneous access and flexible scaling while maintaining the service levels and offering competitive prices poses a significant challenge to Cloud Computing providers. Furthermore services will remain available in the long run only if this business generates a stable revenue stream. To address these challenges we introduce novel policy-based service admission control mod-els that aim at maximizing the revenue of Cloud providers while taking in-formational uncertainty regarding resource requirements into account. Our evaluation shows that policy-based approaches statistically significantly out-perform first come first serve approaches, which are still state of the art. Furthermore the results give insights in how and to what extent uncertainty has a negative impact on revenue.}}, author = {{Püschel, Tim and Schryen, Guido and Hristova, Diana and Neumann, Dirk}}, journal = {{European Journal of Operational Research}}, keywords = {{admission control, informational uncertainty, revenue management, cloud computing}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{637--647}}, publisher = {{Elsevier}}, title = {{{Revenue Management for Cloud Computing Providers: Decision Models for Service Admission Control under Non-probabilistic Uncertainty}}}, volume = {{244}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{5705, abstract = {{Despite the growing literature on loyalty program (LP) research, many questions remain underexplored. Driven by advancements in information technology, marketing analytics, and consumer interface platforms (e.g., mobile devices), there have been many recent developments in LP practices around the world. They impose new challenges and create exciting opportunities for future LP research. The main objective of this paper is to identify missing links in the literature and to craft a future research agenda to advance LP research and practice. Our discussion focuses on three key areas: (1) LP designs, (2) Assessment of LP performance, and (3) Emerging trends and the impact of new technologies. We highlight several gaps in the literature and outline research opportunities in each area.}}, author = {{Breugelmans, Els and Bijmolt, Tammo H A and Zhang, Jie and Basso, Leonardo J and Dorotic, Matilda and Kopalle, Praveen and Minnema, Alec and Mijnlieff, Willem Jan and Wünderlich, Nancy}}, journal = {{Marketing Letters}}, keywords = {{Loyalty programs, Loyalty program design, Loyalty program performance assessment, Emerging trends, Partnership loyalty programs, Customer relationship management}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{127--139}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, title = {{{Advancing Research on Loyalty Programs: A Future Research Agenda.}}}, volume = {{26}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inproceedings{5590, abstract = {{Nowadays, providing employees with failure-free access to various systems, applications and services is a crucial factor for organizations? success as disturbances potentially inhibit smooth workflows and thereby harm productivity. However, it is a challenging task to assign access rights to employees? accounts within a satisfying time frame. In addition, the management of multiple accounts and identities can be very onerous and time consuming for the responsible administrator and therefore expensive for the organization. In order to meet these challenges, firms decide to invest in introducing an Identity and Access Management System (IAMS) that supports the organization by using policies to assign permissions to accounts, groups, and roles. In practice, since various versions of IAMSs exist, it is a challenging task to decide upon introduction of an IAMS. The following study proposes a first attempt of a decision support model for practitioners which considers four alternatives: Introduction of an IAMS with Role-based Access Control RBAC) or without and no introduction of IAMS again with or without RBAC. To underpin the practical applicability of the proposed model, we parametrize and operationalize it based on a real world use case using input from an expert interview.}}, author = {{Weishäupl, Eva and Kunz, Michael and Yasasin, Emrah and Wagner, Gerit and Prester, Julian and Schryen, Guido and Pernul, Günther}}, booktitle = {{2nd International Workshop on Security in highly connected IT Systems (SHCIS?15)}}, keywords = {{Identity and Access Management, Economic Decision Making, Information Systems, Information Security Investment, Decision Theory}}, title = {{{Towards an Economic Approach to Identity and Access Management Systems Using Decision Theory}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inproceedings{29973, abstract = {{Haushaltsgeräte aus der Klasse der "Weißen Ware" tragen mit etwa einem Drittel ($34,2%$ \citeBDEW2013) zum privaten Energieverbrauch bei. Diese Veröffentlichung präsentiert eine Struktur und die dafür notwendige optimale Betriebsstrategie für Weiße Ware in einer Umgebung mit Strompreisen, die wegen der Volatilität der Regenerativen Energien stark fluktuieren. Das vorgeschlagene Konzept nutzt dafür ein dezentrales Energiemanagementsystem, das über drei Hierarchieebenen verteilt ist: die Geräteebene, die Haushaltsebene und die Ortsnetzebene. Auf der Geräteebene nutzt dieses Konzept zusätzlich Betriebsflexibilitäten der Haushaltsgeräte aus.}}, author = {{Stille, Karl Stephan Christian and Böcker, Joachim and Bettentrup, Ralf and Kaiser, Ingo}}, booktitle = {{ETG-Fachtagung "Von Smart Grids zu Smart Markets"}}, keywords = {{Energy management, hybrid energy storage system, self-optimization, multi-objective optimization, adaptive systems, pareto set, SFB614-D1, SFB614-D2, LEA-Publikation, Eigene}}, publisher = {{VDE}}, title = {{{Hierarchisches Optimierungskonzept für die Laststeuerung von Haushaltsgeräten}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{47910, abstract = {{ The debate surrounding climate change often centers on companies’ contributions to global warming, which has led to an increase in the importance of carbon disclosure. We evaluate the current state of related research and identify its trends, coherences, and caveats via a systematic literature review. Sociopolitical theories of disclosure, economic theories of disclosure, and institutional theory serve as the main theoretical anchors for our exploration. The existing research emphasizes the determinants and, to a lesser extent, effects of carbon disclosure, as well as the associated regulatory issues such as voluntary versus mandatory disclosure. Additionally, we discuss related topics, such as assurance and risks. We find that a large portion of scholarly work provides no link to theory, despite the fact that such links can be identified, for example, from the financial disclosure literature. Finally, we report on the established knowledge and examine the need for additional research. }}, author = {{Hahn, Rüdiger and Reimsbach, Daniel and Schiemann, Frank}}, issn = {{1086-0266}}, journal = {{Organization & Environment}}, keywords = {{Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, General Environmental Science}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{80--102}}, publisher = {{SAGE Publications}}, title = {{{Organizations, Climate Change, and Transparency}}}, doi = {{10.1177/1086026615575542}}, volume = {{28}}, year = {{2015}}, } @article{41297, abstract = {{ In service industries, hierarchical loyalty programs are common relationship marketing instruments that award elevated status to customers who exceed a certain spending level (e.g., gold membership). In practice, service companies offer elevated status to some customers who do not meet the required spending level, in an attempt to profit from the profound allure of status. Relying on social psychology research and a mixed-method approach, this study analyzes the loyalty impact of status endowments, defined as awards of elevated status to customers who are not entitled to it. An exploratory qualitative study identifies customer gratitude and customer skepticism as positive and negative mediators, respectively, of customers’ attitudinal responses to endowed status. Quantitative studies—two experimental and one survey—substantiate these bright and dark sides of endowed status. The efficacy of status endowment is contingent on the context. To alleviate the dark-side effect, managers can allow target customers to actively choose whether to be endowed, especially those who are close to achieving the status already, and provide valuable preferential treatment to customers elevated by either endowment or achievement. These insights offer guidelines for whether and how to use status endowment in hierarchical loyalty programs. }}, author = {{Eggert, Andreas and Steinhoff, Lena and Garnefeld, Ina}}, issn = {{1094-6705}}, journal = {{Journal of Service Research}}, keywords = {{Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{210--228}}, publisher = {{SAGE Publications}}, title = {{{Managing the Bright and Dark Sides of Status Endowment in Hierarchical Loyalty Programs}}}, doi = {{10.1177/1094670514566797}}, volume = {{18}}, year = {{2015}}, } @book{3389, abstract = {{Dieses Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch präsentiert Ihnen die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Unternehmensfinanzierung auf dem neuesten fachlichen Stand. Der perfekte Einstieg in ein zentrales finanzwirtschaftliches Fach- und Praxisgebiet – mit vielen Beispielen und Übungen. }}, author = {{Gräfer, Horst and Schiller, Bettina and Rösner, Sabrina}}, isbn = {{978-3-503-15666-5}}, keywords = {{Management, Wirtschaft}}, pages = {{405}}, publisher = {{Erich Schmidt Verlag}}, title = {{{Finanzierung - Grundlagen, Institutionen, Instrumente und Kapitalmarkttheorie}}}, volume = {{8}}, year = {{2014}}, } @inproceedings{9879, abstract = {{Application of prognostics and health management (PHM) in the field of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells is emerging as an important tool in increasing the reliability and availability of these systems. Though a lot of work is currently being conducted to develop PHM systems for fuel cells, various challenges have been encountered including the self-healing effect after characterization as well as accelerated degradation due to dynamic loading, all which make RUL predictions a difficult task. In this study, a prognostic approach based on adaptive particle filter algorithm is proposed. The novelty of the proposed method lies in the introduction of a self-healing factor after each characterization and the adaption of the degradation model parameters to fit to the changing degradation trend. An ensemble of five different state models based on weighted mean is then developed. The results show that the method is effective in estimating the remaining useful life of PEM fuel cells, with majority of the predictions falling within 5\% error. The method was employed in the IEEE 2014 PHM Data Challenge and led to our team emerging the winner of the RUL category of the challenge.}}, author = {{Kimotho, James Kuria and Meyer, Tobias and Sextro, Walter}}, booktitle = {{Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), 2014 IEEE Conference on}}, keywords = {{ageing, particle filtering (numerical methods), proton exchange membrane fuel cells, remaining life assessment, PEM fuel cell prognostics, PHM, RUL predictions, accelerated degradation, adaptive particle filter algorithm, dynamic loading, model parameter adaptation, prognostics and health management, proton exchange membrane fuel cells, remaining useful life estimation, self-healing effect, Adaptation models, Data models, Degradation, Estimation, Fuel cells, Mathematical model, Prognostics and health management}}, pages = {{1--6}}, title = {{{PEM fuel cell prognostics using particle filter with model parameter adaptation}}}, doi = {{10.1109/ICPHM.2014.7036406}}, year = {{2014}}, } @article{5614, abstract = {{Natural disasters, including earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions, have caused tremendous harm and continue to threaten millions of humans and various infrastructure capabilities each year. In their efforts to take countermeasures against the threats posed by future natural disasters, the United Nations formulated the ?Hyogo Framework for Action?, which aims at assessing and reducing risk. This framework and a global review of disaster reduction initiatives of the United Nations acknowledge the need for information systems research contributions in addressing major challenges of natural disaster management. In this paper, we provide a review of the literature with regard to how information systems research has addressed risk assessment and reduction in natural disaster management. Based on the review we identify research gaps that are centered around the need for acquiring general knowledge on how to design IS artifacts for risk assessment and reduction. In order to close these gaps in further research, we develop a research agenda that follows the IS design science paradigm.}}, author = {{Schryen, Guido and Wex, Felix}}, journal = {{International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM)}}, keywords = {{Natural Disaster Management, Risk Reduction, Hyogo Framework, IS Design Science, Literature review}}, number = {{1}}, title = {{{Risk Reduction in Natural Disaster Management Through Information Systems: A Literature review and an IS design science research agenda}}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2014}}, } @article{47906, abstract = {{Purpose– In this viewpoint, the authors aim to discuss sustainability issues in university education. Balancing what we call the “Accounting View” and the “Sustainability View”, the authors illuminate the status of value relevance of sustainability information and question the depth of business students' processing of this information.Design/methodology/approach– The discussion was triggered by an experimental study on sustainability disclosure which revealed interesting findings related to the participating students' prior sustainability and accounting coursework. The authors start the viewpoint from these findings and contrast them with existing views on sustainability and accounting (education).Findings– The amount of accounting coursework was positively related to the probability of including sustainability information in future stock value estimates, whereas this applied only marginally to sustainability coursework. However, students with more sophisticated sustainability knowledge seemed to scrutinize the given sustainability information more deeply, while students with “pure” accounting knowledge seemed more willing to simply accept the information.Practical implications– The authors argue for advancements in the curriculum for business students that foster critical thinking and might prevent students (and thus potential future managers) from using sustainability information superficially. The authors caution against regarding sustainability issues as an “add-on” to existing courses and curricula and call for a combination of integrating sustainability issues in (core) business courses and offering standalone courses on sustainability management or CSR.Originality/value– Triggered by findings from an experimental study, the authors contrast different opinions on sustainability education of business students and offer a new viewpoint on the (supposed) value relevance of sustainability information for future business leaders.}}, author = {{Hahn, Rüdiger and Reimsbach, Daniel}}, issn = {{2041-2568}}, journal = {{Journal of Global Responsibility}}, keywords = {{Business and International Management}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{55--67}}, publisher = {{Emerald}}, title = {{{Are we on track with sustainability literacy?}}}, doi = {{10.1108/jgr-12-2013-0016}}, volume = {{5}}, year = {{2014}}, }