TY - JOUR A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus A1 - Knoben, Werner T1 - Long term risk sharing contracts as an approach to establish public–private partnerships for investment into next generation access networks JF - Telecommunications Policy Y1 - 2010 SN - 0308-5961 VL - 34 IS - 9 SP - 528 EP - 539 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bernecker, Andreas T1 - A European Private Company: Is Europe’s single legal form for SMEs close to approval? JF - Research Briefing N2 - This Research Briefing, issued in July 2010, concluded that: - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe have long called for a matching legal form valid across the EU (similar to that of the European company (SE) for large firms) - The main benefits would be the availability of uniform Europe-wide company structures, significant cost reductions for businesses and further integration of the internal market - Given the differing national views regarding the concrete features of the new legal form there is currently no sign of an agreement being reached at the European level in the short term; however, it is possible that progress will be made in negotiations during the year - The key issues being discussed in depth are company formation, transnationality and employee participation rights in the new European private company (SPE). Y1 - 2010 SN - 2193-5955 PB - Deutsche Bank Research CY - Frankfurt a. M. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus T1 - Encouraging competition and investment into next generation access networks: The case of long term risk sharing contracts N2 - Working paper distributed at 2nd Annual Next Generation Telecommunications Conference 2009, 13th – 14th October 2009, Brussels 14 pages Abstract Governments all over Europe are in the process of adopting new broadband strategies. The objective is to create modern telecommunications networks based on powerful broadband infrastructures". In doing so, they aim for innovative and investment-friendly concepts. For instance, in a recently published consultation paper on the subject the German regulator BNetzA declared that it will take “greater account of … reducing risks, securing the investment and innovation power, providing planning certainty and transparency – in order to support and advance broadband rollout in Germany”. It further states that when regulating wholesale rates it has to be ensured that “… adequate incentives for network rollout are provided on the one hand, while sustainable and fair competition is ensured on the other”. Also an EC draft recommendation on regulated network access is about to set new standards for the regulation of next generation access networks. According to the recommendation the prices of new assets shall be based on costs plus a projectspecific risk premium to be included in the costs of capital for the investment risk incurred by the operator. This approach has been criticised from various sides. In particular it has been questioned whether such an approach is adequate to meet the objectives of encouraging both competition and investment into next generation access networks. Against this background, the concept of “long term risk sharing contracts” has been proposed recently as an approach which does not only incorporate the various additional risks involved in the deployment of NGA infrastructure, but has several other advantages. This paper will demonstrate that the concept allows for competition to evolve at both the retail and wholesale level on fair, objective, non-discriminatory and transparent terms and conditions. Moreover, it ensures the highest possible investment incentive in line with socially desirable outcome. The paper is organised as follows: The next section will briefly outline the importance of encouraging competition and investment in an NGA-environment. The third section will specify the design of long term risk sharing contracts in view of achieving these objectives. The fourth section will examine potential problems associated with the concept. In doing so a way of how to deal with them will be elaborated. The last section will look at arguments against long term risk sharing contracts. It will be shown that these arguments are not strong enough to build a case against introducing such contracts. KW - Electronic Commerce KW - Breitband Markt KW - Regulierung KW - Internet KW - Bundesnetzagentur KW - broadband market KW - regulation KW - Internet KW - next generation access networks KW - risk sharing Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weigand, Christoph T1 - Defining Precisions for Reliable Measurement and Estimation Procedures JF - Economic Quality Control. 24 (2009), H. 1 Y1 - 2009 SN - 0940-5151 SP - 5 EP - 33 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mischke, Winfried T1 - Kurzkommentierung der §§ 433, 436, 446 - 453, 474 - 479 BGB JF - LexisNexis : Elektronische Ressource / Recht (2009) Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus A1 - Steingröver, Markus T1 - Next Generation Access Networks: Why is there a higher risk of investment and how to deal with it? JF - Wettbewerbsprobleme im Internet / Jörn Kruse ... (Hrsg.). Mit Beitr. von: Patrick F. E. Beschorner ... Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-8329-5024-8 N1 - Hamburger Forum Medienökonomie ; 9 SP - 83 EP - 102 PB - Nomos, Ed. Fischer CY - Baden-Baden ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Weßling, Matthias T1 - How to deal with foreign cultures: an cross-cultural training-approach based on the didactical methodology of 'experiential learning' following Kolb & Fry N2 - Many companies still conduct the worldwide management of people as if neither the external economic nor the internal structure of the firm had changed. The costs of cross-cultural failure, for individuals and their companies, are enormous: personal and family costs; financial, professional and emotional costs; costs to one’s career prospects, to one’s self-esteem, to one’s marriage and family. This scenario describes sufficiently the reason for learning “the art of crossing cultures” (Craig Storti). To this end, this research paper describes an innovative approach of cross-cultural training, following the didactical ideas of Kolb and Fry, the so-called 'experiential learning'. N2 - Viele international agierende Unternehmen verfahren mit dem weltweiten Personalmanagement so, als wenn sich weder der ökonomische Kontext noch die internen Strukturen der Firmen geändert hätten. Die Kosten von interkulturellen Mißverständnissen und Fehlschlägen sind enorm - sowohl für alle beteiligten Personen, als auch für die betroffenen Unternehmen: hier geht es um berufliche, emotionale, soziale Kosten bis hin zu Beeinträchtigungen der Selbstwertschätzung oder auch der ehelichen Paarbeziehungen. Dieses Szenario beschreibt die Notwendigkeit, sich intensive auseinanderzusetzen mit dem, was Craig Storti "the art of crossing cultures" nennt. Vor diesem Hintergrund beschreibt das vorliegende Forschungspapier einen innovativen Ansatz für ein interkulturelles Managementtraining auf der methodischen Basis der didaktischen Idee des 'experiential learning' nach Kolb und Fry. KW - Interkulturelles Lernen KW - Kulturvergleich KW - Interkulturelles Management KW - Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen KW - Völkerpsychologie KW - Interkulturelles Training KW - Managementtraining KW - Erfahrungslernen KW - Interkulturelles Lernen KW - Kulturvergleichende Psychologie KW - Cross-Cultural Training KW - Intercultural Awareness KW - Experiential Learning KW - Managementtraining KW - Cross-Cultural Psychology Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moosdorf, Andreas T1 - It’s not just the Talent, it’s the Knowledge Transfer Method JF - GC Ticker Y1 - 2009 IS - 1 SP - 16 EP - 16 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus T1 - Time for revision: The regulation of Germany's next generation networks in the light of new economic and technological challenges on telecom markets : Presentation for the 18th Biennial conference of the International Telecommunications Society, June 24–27, 2008 Montreal, Canada N2 - On 1st January 1998, the German telecom market was fully liberalised. Since then genuine competition between market participants has developed, based on a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework that provides for safeguards against unfair competition and market power by Deutsche Telekom. Today, about 10 years after the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector a revision of this regulatory approach has become necessary because at least on three dimensions the situation is quite different from the one 10 years ago: First, with numerous established alternative operators in the market monopolies have been successfully challenged and competition introduced. Second, not only is Cable TV becoming in large parts of Germany a viable alternative for the provision of broadband services but also mobile services are becoming increasingly a substitute for fixed services. Last but not least there are important technological changes under way, requiring huge investments in infrastructure upgrades for next generation networks. In the light of these new developments the question is to which extent the current regulatory approach of severe ex-ante regulatory intervention is still appropriate. Is any part of the network of the former incumbent still a bottleneck? A more light handed regulatory approach might be the right response to this new situation. The paper is organised as follows: The first section will briefly examine the economic rationale for regulating network access. Based on the assumption that regulation is always necessary when bottlenecks exist regulatory principles for an efficient network access regime will be derived. The second section compares the situation of the German market in early 1998 with the one of today. Thereby three dimensions will be considered: the degree of competition, the potential for substitution and technological developments. The third section will define some requirements for the future regulation of telecom markets. Proposals will be elaborated how to ensure competitive telecom markets in the light of new economic and technological challenges. KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus A1 - Haunert, Martina T1 - Assessing the effectiveness of price cap regimes for the regulation of fixed telephony markets: has it been successful in achieving competition? : preliminary draft / by Markus Fredebeul-Krein and Martina Haunert. 19th European Regional ITS Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, September 17–19, 2008 Rome, Italy N2 - 1. Introduction 2. Tariff regulation, rebalancing and price caps 3. Price cap regimes in selected European countries 4. Has price cap regulation been successful? 5. Regulatory implications for other countries KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt KW - Telekommunikationsmarkt Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Janz, Norbert A1 - Goedhuys, Micheline A1 - Mohnen, Pierre T1 - What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or business environment? / Goedhuys, Micheline ; Janz, Norbert ; Mohnen, Pierre JF - The European Journal of Development Research. 20 (2008), H. 2 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1743-9728 SP - 199 EP - 218 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Janz, Norbert A1 - Goedhuys, Micheline A1 - Mairesse, Jacques A1 - Mohnen, Pierre T1 - Micro-evidence on innovation and development (MEIDE): an introduction / Goedhuys, Micheline ; Janz, Norbert ; Mairesse, Jacques ; Mohnen, Pierre JF - The European Journal of Development Research. 20 (2008), H. 2 Y1 - 2008 SN - 1743-9728 SP - 167 EP - 171 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Janz, Norbert A1 - Goedhuys, Micheline A1 - Mohnen, Pierre T1 - Knowledge-based productivity in "low-tech" industries : evidence from firms in developing countries / Goedhuys, Micheline ; Janz, Norbert ; Mohnen, Pierre Y1 - 2008 N1 - Working paper series // United Nations University, UNU-MERIT ; 2008,007 PB - UNU-MERIT CY - Maastricht ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Hack, Stefan A1 - Lindemann, Markus T1 - Enterprise SOA Roadmap Y1 - 2008 SN - 1-59229-162-7 PB - Galileo Pr. CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Herzwurm, Georg A1 - Pietsch, Wolfram T1 - Guidelines for the analysis of IT business models and strategic positioning of IT-products T2 - Second International Workshop on Software Product Management : IWSPM '08 : Barcelona, Catalunya, 09.09.2008 Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-1-4244-4083-2 (Print) ; 978-0-7695-3625-5 (E-Book) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IWSPM.2008.3 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schuh, Günther A1 - Gottschalk, Sebastian A1 - Höhne, Tim A1 - Attig, Philipp ED - Mitsuishi, M. T1 - Further Potentials of Smart Logistics T2 - Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-1-84800-267-8 SN - 978-1-84800-266-1 (Printausgabe) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-267-8_18 N1 - The 41St Cirp Conference On Manufacturing Systems, May 26-28, 2008, Tokyo, Japan SP - 93 EP - 96 PB - Springer CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dethloff, Nina A1 - Kroll-Ludwigs, Kathrin T1 - Strengthening Children's Rights in German Family Law JF - The International Survey of Family Law Y1 - 2018 SP - 119 EP - 136 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kroll-Ludwigs, Kathrin ED - Boele-Woelki, Katharina T1 - Unification of Conflict of Laws in Europe. Matrimonial Property Regimes T2 - European Challenges in Contemporary Family Law Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-90-5095-692-5 SP - 379 EP - 393 PB - Intersentia CY - Antwerpen ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Moosdorf, Andreas T1 - The determinants of international knowledge transfer effectiveness - conceptual advances and empirical verification Y1 - 2008 N1 - The University of Leeds > Leeds University Business School. Thesis (PhD) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grap, Rolf Dietmar T1 - If you think, education is expensive, try incompetence JF - Beschaffung aktuell (2007) Y1 - 2007 SN - 0341-4507 N1 - freier Zugang nach Registrierung SP - 62 EP - 63 ER -