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Generation Z born between 1995 and 2010 has a growing influence on the markets and businesses need to adapt their marketing strategies to meet the needs and expectations of said generation and therefore influence their brand perception, preferably positively. Consequently, it is essential to understand Generation Z, their values, characteristics and behavior.
The goal of this thesis is to answer how the modern marketing strategy cause-related marketing influences the brand perception of Generation Z. Thus, the following research questions are being posed: “How does cause-related marketing influence Generation Z’s brand perception in Germany?” and “How can cause-related marketing influence Generation Z’s brand perception in Germany positively?”.
To answer the research questions a quantitative study regarding brand perception was conducted. More specifically a survey was run to measure the brand perception of Generation Z regarding the practice of cause-related marketing. The respondents had to indicate how much they agree or disagree with statements about brands practicing cause-related marketing posed on a 5-level Likert scale to measure their brand perception.
The results of the study indicate that the perception of Generation Z gets influenced by the practice of cause-related marketing. Moreover, Generation Z’s brand perception gets influenced positively. This effect can be augmented if companies pay attention to the specific values, characteristics and behavior of Generation Z and choose their message, collaboration partners and causes accordingly. Additionally, Generation Z’s brand perception can be influenced positively if cause-related marketing is practiced originally, especially via suitable communication tools.
Further studies concerning cause-related marketing influencing Generation Z’s brand perception in other countries or how specific brands or industries are affected could be conducted. Additionally, studies focusing on the negative impacts of cause-related marketing could be performed.
Reconstructing asynchrony for mechanical ventilation using a hysteresis loop virtual patient model
(2022)
Editorial: CardioPulmonary Physiology: Novel Approaches to Pulmonary Function and Critical Care
(2022)
The present thesis performs an actuarial work that intends to understand the premiums, expenses, and claims, including the reserves considered the most important technical variables in an insurance company. The company is located in Colombia and the work will be performed in 2 branches: Compliance and Liability.
The objective of the thesis has been set as to define and measure a claim ratio after remarking a lack of an indicator that describes the 3 most important technical variables altogether in the company. It has also defined to assess the current methodology that calculates the reserves for the claims occurred but currently unknown by the insurance company under the premise that there is a very low level of observed claims in the history of the company in both branches.
All the methodologies defined, assessed, and performed in this thesis have been compared to other methodologies implemented in journals, research papers and articles to align the conclusions and take the best practices from actuarial works previously done. They all also considered to keep homogeneous results that was considered as a very important achievement even by other sources.
A new methodology has been defined to calculate expenses related to administration, the ones used in the reserves and the ones related to claims. The new expenses level was used in 2021 and an impact of a tremendous increase in premiums was observed the same year as a reaction of the decrease in policy prices.
The conclusions derived from the work was to continue with the current methodology to calculate the incurred but not reported claims reserve according to the instability seen in the Chain-Ladder methodology until more homogeneous result could be seen that yield to a higher level of credibility.
Finally, among many possible claim ratios defined, a paid claim ratio has been considered. It includes the whole variables inside the premiums of the company and the most important variables inside the claims that were the claims paid and the proportional and non-proportional reinsurance effect.
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to theoretically compare the most important sourcing strategies in the field of recruitment with regard to their effectiveness and then to empirically test them. Four different sourcing strategies are examined by analyzing their opportunities, risks and success factors. Using the findings from the literature review, the strategies are assigned to specific employee groups for which they are most suitable and effective. These match-ups consequently form the four hypotheses, which will be investigated by conducting a quantitative survey in the empirical part of this thesis. In addition, the survey project will provide further insights into the most effective instruments and important selection criteria for sourcing strategies, so that recommendations for action can be made.
Moving places in cars impacts human activity daily. Therefore, living in a world without cars is inconceivable. While demand for cars exists, supply experiences shortcomings. Customers receive their vehicles with only one key or must deal with long delivery times. There is a correlation between the car industry, supply shortfalls and the current state of the world regarding COVID-19. The objectives of this research are examining how the semiconductor chip shortage affected sales and production of German car manufacturers and what strategic conclusions can be drawn for the future. To reach the objectives a quantitative theory analysis of existing literature was applied. The chosen car manufacturers are Audi AG, BMW AG, and Mercedes-Benz Group AG.
The results show that all objects to the research topic experienced a decline in production and sales. Further, that the semiconductor shortage, mainly anticipated by the pandemic, revealed the fragility of supply networks of the automotive industry. Different strategic attempts may cure supply chain management issues as such; however, it depends on the evaluation of the automotive industry whether this crisis carries a sustainable effect with its presence or not.
This research identifies positive and negative influence factors by examining the effectiveness of digital video advertising. The objective is to discover ways of leveraging
these factors successfully through an extensive literature review. As this ad format has developed into a staple in most brands' media strategy, it is valuable to drive
understanding of effective implementation forward. Three brands that utilize digital video advertising are selected for an analysis of their recently published ads. This analysis is supported by a suggested model that was developed based on advertising literature to assess ad effectiveness. Results show that the perceived intrusiveness of an ad and the consequential ad avoidance behaviours in consumers represent a hindrance to ad effectiveness. In contrast, elements used in an advertisement that increase its value facilitated ad effectiveness. Credibility, entertainment and informativeness are ad value contributors and impact ad recall, the gateway to positive marketing outcomes such as purchasing decisions. The circumstances under which consumers are exposed to digital video advertisements play a role in if the ad message can effectively be conveyed.
While negative influence factors have their detriment, they can still be counteracted and leveraged. Advertisers and ad-supported video streaming sites like YouTube can find
ways to broadcast ads without significantly impeding the user experience and, in doing so, secure the continued profitability of this promotion format that depends on users
watching ads.
Sterben ist eines der großen Rätsel der Menschheit. Aus medizinischer Sicht handelt es sich dabei um ein sich schrittweise vollziehendes Organversagen. Die Psychologie betrachtet es als einen seelischen Verarbeitungsprozess. Sterben ist aber auch ein soziales Phänomen: Wir sprechen darüber, betrachten es auf Bildern, regulieren und organisieren es. Der sozialwissenschaftliche Blick auf das Sterben ist bisher nur wenigen bekannt. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes zeigen theoretisch und empirisch die sozialen Ordnungen des Sterbens auf und eröffnen dabei neue Perspektiven zur Diskussion und Erforschung dieses besonderen Phänomens.
This study focuses on whether users perceive Trust as an essential factor in revisiting Saleduck CHDE to maximize profit. Three major components were identified based on academic literature on online customer behaviour and e-commerce: Perceived Aesthetics, Perceived Usefulness, and Perceived Ease of use. Seven measurable indicators from previous research were used to measure the unobserved components. Also, relevant company data about the German-speaking Switzerland domain were analyzed to outline the relevance of revisiting visitors. According to Google Analytics, the average revisiting visitor generates approximately 4.8 times higher revenues than the average new visitor. The sample consists of 104 students and employed respondents who took part on a five-point Likert scale. The questionnaire also incorporates questions about demographics and target grouping. For assessing the relationship between these three constructs and Trust, Structural Equation Modelling techniques were implemented using IBM SPSS AMOS 28.0. Results show that most participants value Trust highly when using a coupon website. Nevertheless, relationships between Trust and its latent indicators could not be adequately assessed due to suppression effects. Additionally, differences between groups among both measured variables and latent constructs were assessed. The study found that five out of seven indicators in the measurement model significantly reflect the hypothesized components. However, insufficient sample size and a low number of indicators per construct were most likely the reason for the presence of suppression effects. Also, several potential validity issues occurred; the absence of German-speaking respondents from Switzerland, a low number of employed respondents, and a lack of diversity in the samples' age distribution.
An average investor trying to allocate his wealth among multiple assets ideally has nearly infinite possibilities to do so. However, asset allocation strategies try to facilitate this process. Nevertheless, no consensus exists on which strategy is ideal and yields the best performance. Therefore, this paper aims to determine an ideal asset allocation strategy for an average investor by comparing two asset allocation strategies.
The focus is on comparing the practical application of Markowitz’s Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), a sophisticated asset allocation strategy, with an equally weighted asset allocation, namely the 1/N strategy. The past performance of these two strategies is compared with the help of a calculation example based on historical data. The quantitative analysis covers three time periods of different lengths between 1991 and 2022. Also, the strategies are applied to portfolios with different amounts of assets during these periods. Although the existing literature is very controversial concerning the performance of the two strategies, this research shows a clear result. Compared to the 1/N strategy, this study’s findings show an outperformance of the MPT strategy during every period and each portfolio combination. However, the difference in performance regarding return and risk is minimal in most scenarios and would not significantly affect an average investor who invests over a long-term horizon.
The present master thesis assesses the customer attitudes towards e-food in Germany. As more shoppers are ordering their groceries online, stationary food retailers are increasingly interested in the development and acceptance of e-food.
In the secondary literature review, the determining factors of the customer attitude towards ordering groceries online were identified through the Tricomponent Attitude Model, shopper characteristics and the Technology Acceptance Model. Additionally, potential changes in the customer attitude in the next five years were assessed. The theoretical findings were tested for their relevance and underlying motivations using qualitative in-depth expert and shopper interviews. Ultimately the results were analyzed, compared, and interpreted regarding their theoretical and managerial implications. As a result, a recommendation of action was derived for the Traders’ Cooperative Göppingen.
The findings suggest that the customer attitude depends on the perceived value of e-food based on its benefits and risks, the relationship quality built on emotions, satisfaction, and trust, and the switching intentions depending on the customer loyalty. The shopper’s motivation, situation, and technological abilities are stronger predictors than socio-demographic characteristics. Even though German shoppers are curious to try e-food occasionally, they are still skeptical and need to be convinced of the utility. The results indicate a slowly improving attitude in the next five years resulting in more hybrid cross-channel shoppers. As a result of the Covid pandemic, e-food became a convenient alternative for certain products and situations. As some shoppers and market shares are expected to drift online, stationary grocery stores like Edeka Staufers must focus on their advantages in terms of social interaction and multi-sensory shopping experience.
Cybersecurity threads are a huge problem for all sizes of businesses. The traditional way of protecting valuable resources in the IT-Industry is a perimeter based security strategy. To ensure proper access rights for resources, firewalls, and other network-based inspection tools were used. The current move to the cloud undermines classic security strategies by blurring borders. The Zero Trust approach does not rely on edges and borders to ensure network security. Instead, all connections have to be verified and authenticated individually. In this thesis, a zero trust security model in a heterogeneous open source environment was verified. The three main observations were:
A zero trust architecture is possible, but the implementation is difficult. Half of the issues discovered must be covered by organisational measures. The tools available to cover technical measures are not developed enough. This is expected to change in the near future, as varoius companies already identified this issue.
Ein Muss für jede Sifa
(2022)
Companies are progressively implementing remote work models to handle the evolving changes in economic, social, and technological environments and facilitate their business operations amidst these. Meaning more teams including multicultural ones are deployed to function on a virtual basis, during the course of their employment, or for a specific project.
Therefore, this thesis focuses on presenting the main challenges that these global virtual teams typically face and the practices to implement as a way to resolve them.
Data were obtained from both a literature study and interviews run with a total of six experts. Four of them being managers and two, employees so that varying perspectives on different organizational levels could be covered.
The findings emphasize that the virtual element significantly impacted communication, coordination, collaboration, and the social aspect. Hence teams and/or management need to dedicate more time to collectively decide on and elaborate a set of common guidelines, best practices, and tools to address this. Whilst maintaining openness and a sense of trust throughout, as incidents or interactions can come up that normally prompt unintended assumptions. For reoccurring issues or generally to ensure the team’s performance and well-being though, companies and/or top management need to regularly follow up and be prepared to intervene.
Pflegeinnovationen in der Praxis: Erfahrungen und Empfehlungen aus dem "Cluster Zukunft der Pflege"
(2022)
NASSS-CAT-D: Leitfaden zum Umgang mit Komplexität in Technologieprojekten im Gesundheitswesen
(2022)
Deutsche Version eines evidenzbasierten Leitfadens, der anhand einer systematischen Literaturrecherche und umfassender Primärforschung entwickelt wurde. Primäre Zielsetzung ist eine strukturelle Hilfestellung bei der Planung und Umsetzung von technikbasierten Projekten im Gesundheits- oder Sozialwesen.
Development of mHealth-Apps for Hearing Aids – Requirements and Assessments of a First Prototype
(2022)
Artificial First Responder
(2022)
Der Begriff Greenwashing bezeichnet den Versuch von Firmen oder Organisationen ihr eigenes Image, ihre Produkte oder auch Dienstleistungen als besonders gut für die Umwelt anzuwerben, ohne dass dies der Wahrheit entspricht. Das Ziel in der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es zu beantworten, welchen Einfluss Greenwashing auf die Generation Z hat. Denn zumindest auf den ersten Blick scheint die Generation Z, welcher u.a. auch die wohl berühmteste Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg angehört und auf welche die Fridays for Future Bewegung zurückgeht, im Vergleich zu anderen Generationen ein besonderes Umweltbewusstsein entwickelt zu haben.
Um die Forschungsfrage zu beantworten, wurde eine quantitative Studie in Form einer Online-Umfrage mit Teilnehmenden aus vier verschiedenen Generationen durchgeführt.
Die quantitative Studie zeigte, dass kein Unterschied bezüglich der Ausprägung des Umweltumweltbewusstseins zwischen den verschiedenen Generationen bestand. Ebenso konnte nicht bewiesen werden, dass es einen Zusammenhang zwischen der Ausprägung des Umweltbewusstseins einer Generation und der Ausprägung der Skepsis gegenüber der Umweltfreundlichkeit grüner Produkte gibt. Auch konnte nicht bestätigt werden, dass die Generation Z eine höhere Skepsis aufweist als andere Generationen. Dies zeigt, dass der Einsatz von Greenwashing größtenteils unentdeckt bleibt.
This research paper explores consumer behaviour towards the purchase and usage of Electric Power Two Wheelers (EP2W) by German millennials, the target consumers of this paper. To evaluate the purchasing intentions of German millennials on EP2W, academic research has been conducted. Therefore, data from scientific studies have been collected with a focus on which aspects influence the target consumers’ opinions between electric P2W and fossil fuel P2W. The resulting data showed that millennials exhibit stronger purchase motives towards EP2W. It also states that the purchase price of the EP2W serves as a primary factor.
When enterprises decide to expand operations to new foreign markets, they are encountered with the crucial decision of how to implement their marketing strategy in each market without losing consistency across their global brand image. This thesis will focus especially on the impact culture has on this decision and on its implementation. To do so, a qualitative analysis in form of expert interviews was performed in six multinational companies across different industries. Marketing managers from the headquarters were questioned about the implementation of their global marketing strategy in their local markets. The findings give new insights for managers in terms of future adaptations for efficient communication of marketing strategy across the multinational company.
The two strategic options standardisation and adaptation are examined in the literature to set a foundation to later discuss culture’s influence on this decision. Furthermore, a cultural framework will be given and the communication structure of the two main parties of a multinational company will be reviewed in the existing literature.
Die Anwenderintegration in den Innovationsprozess kann Unternehmen vor Over-Engineering und unzureichendem Marktandrang ihrer Produkte bewahren, da die Nutzer nah an der Praxis sind und wertvolle Beiträge zur Produktentwicklung leisten können. In der bestehenden Literatur werden gängige Methoden der Anwenderintegration wie Innovationswettbewerbe, Lead User und Communities of Practice betrachtet, jedoch gibt es bisher nur wenige Studien zur praktischen Umsetzung dieser Methoden im Innovationsprozess. Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit greift diese Forschungslücke auf und beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie Anwender in den Innovationsprozess integriert werden können. Als Beispiel wird der Werkzeughersteller Wiha Werkzeuge GmbH und ihre Hauptzielgruppe der Elektrofachkräfte verwendet, da das Unternehmen bereits einige Maßnahmen zur Nutzerintegration betreibt, diese aber noch systematischer umgesetzt werden sollen. Mittels qualitativer Experteninterviews werden die Anforderungen beider Seiten verglichen und anschließend die Implementierung der geeignetsten Methoden im Innovationsprozess auf Basis des Stage-Gate-Prozesses ausgearbeitet. Die Studie zeigt, dass Innovationswettbewerbe kein geeignetes Instrument sind und Communities of Practice nur sporadisch für größere Projekte eingesetzt werden sollten. Die geeignetsten Methoden sind Baustellenbeobachtungen und Werkzeugtests zur Produktoptimierung und -erprobung, wobei hier der Einsatz von Lead Usern nicht zwingend erforderlich ist, sondern durchschnittlich versierte Nutzer ausreichen.
Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde mit dem Ziel erstellt, einen Einblick zu Auswirkungen von sieben verschiedenen Führungsstilen auf den Unternehmenserfolg zu gewinnen und festzustellen, ob es kulturelle Unterschiede gibt. In einem ersten Schritt wurden zum besseren Verständnis des Themas theoretische Konzepte vorgestellt. In einem zweiten Schritt wurde eine quantitative Studie durchgeführt, in der die Mitarbeitermotivation in Relation zu verschiedenen Führungsverhaltensmustern, -stilen und -eigenschaften gemessen wurde. Es zeigte sich, dass der transformationale, der demokratische, der charismatische und der transaktionale Führungsstil einen positiven Einfluss auf die Motivation, d. h. auf den Unternehmenserfolg, haben. Im Gegensatz dazu haben der autokratische, der bürokratische und der Laissez-faire Führungsstil einen negativen Einfluss auf den unternehmerischen Erfolg. Im Allgemeinen scheint sich vor allem der transformationale Führungsstil sehr positiv auf den Unternehmenserfolg auszuwirken, ebenso wie in geringerem Maße der demokratische und der charismatische Führungsstil. Dennoch können in verschiedenen Situationen, insbesondere bei Routineaufgaben, der transaktionale, autokratische oder bürokratische Führungsstil eine verbesserte Wirkung haben.
Was die kulturellen Unterschiede betrifft, so wurde festgestellt, dass insbesondere die asiatische Gruppe andere Vorstellungen von Führungsstilen und deren Auswirkungen auf die Motivation hat als die europäische oder lateinamerikanische Gruppe. Asiatische Teilnehmer bewerteten Führungsstile, die Mitbestimmung vorsehen, generell niedriger und Führungsstile, die keine Mitbestimmung vorsehen, höher als ihre europäischen oder lateinamerikanischen Kollegen. Aufgrund der geringen Anzahl nicht-deutscher Teilnehmer sind die Ergebnisse nicht übermäßig aussagekräftig, bieten aber einen Anreiz für weitere Forschung in diesem Bereich.
DE-Medialisierung als ethisches Handeln : Wie wir die Digitalisierung unbewusst gestalten können
(2022)
Gute und wirksame Führung setzt ein klares Führungsverständnis voraus. Das persönliche Führungsverständnis einer Führungskraft muss sich im Wesentlichen an den besonderen Bedingungen ihrer Führungsumwelt orientieren. Für die Entwicklung dieses richtigen Führungsverständnisses kann nur die Führungskraft selbst verantwortlich sein. Führungskräfte, die ihre Umwelt und ihre Rolle nicht reflektieren können, werden als Führungskraft kaum erfolgreich sein. Sie werden irgendwie führen, intuitiv, basierend auf ihrem Bauchgefühl. Das kann funktionieren. Für eine vertrauensvolle Führungskraft-Geführten- Beziehung wäre dies allerdings nachteilig. Dieses Buch liefert nicht nur theoretische Grundlagen, sondern auch praktische Hilfestellungen, die sich über viele Jahre hinweg in der Praxis bewährt haben. Mithilfe dieses Buches lernen Führungskräfte, ihre Führungsumwelt zu verstehen und darauf aufbauend ihr Führungsverständnis zu entwickeln. Weiterhin wird gezeigt, wie sie ihr Führungsverständnis vermitteln und danach handeln können. Insofern wird in diesem Buch auf die Darstellung eines normativen, idealen und all- gemeingültigen Ansatzes bewusst verzichtet. Darin unterscheidet sich dieses Buch von vielen anderen Werken, die ein einziges Führungsideal propagieren.
Bei dem seit 2019 auf dem Markt befindlichen Card-Mailing-System MAILMASTER der Firma Atlantic Zeiser GmbH, handelt es sich um eine Kleinserienmaschine zur Applizierung von Kunststoffkarten auf Briefen. Nach den ersten Kundeninstallationen soll nun die Reduktion von Montage- und Fertigungskosten erfolgen. Zur Identifizierung von Einsparpotential und bei der Ausarbeitung kostengünstigerer Alternativen werden diverse Methoden des Lean Managements genutzt.
Schwamm drüber!
(2022)
In diesem Vortrag werde ich auf die Programmierumgebungen (ROS) und Schnittstellen (keras/Tensorflow) eingehen, die es ermöglichen Roboter mit Hilfe von maschinellem Lernen zu trainieren. Dabei werde ich insbesondere die Möglichkeiten vorstellen, wie man einen Roboter in der Simulation (gazebo) trainieren kann, um die trainierten Modelle auf echte Roboter zu übertragen. Anhand von praktischen Beispielen mit mobilen Robotern und Greifarmen werden die Konzepte des Reinforcement Learnings, Active Learnings, Transfer Learnings und der Objekterkennung demonstriert. Das Testszenario besteht aus einem Holz-Labyrinth und einem Turtlebot Roboter, der mit Laser Range Scanner und einer 2D-Kamera ausgestattet ist. Dabei soll der Roboter lernen, autonom den Weg zur angegebenen Zielposition zu planen ohne dabei gegen ein Hindernis zu fahren. Es wird hierbei untersucht in wie weit die trainierten Modelle in leicht abgeänderten Szenarien funktionsfähig bleiben.
Through an extensive review of the literature, a research gap was identified concerning the knowledge around diversity and its impact on personality types and their influence on group performance. Previous literature revealed that diversity is a popular determinant for group composition, since it encompasses many different meanings and interpretations. Researchers would rather focus on easily measurable elements such as age or gender, but few studies have been conducted on deep-level diversity, such as personality traits or values. The aim of this study is to answer the research questions proposed concerning the effectiveness of homogeneous versus heterogeneous groups as well as the impact communication has on their performance. Through an analysis of previous studies and literature the research questions and hypotheses were formulated, and a methodology designed to answer them. The methodology used in this research was a variation of the Marshmallow Challenge. The groups were faced with two challenges. The first one was to build a 50cm-tall structure as quickly as possible, with a limited amount of material, including raw spaghetti, tape, rope and a marshmallow to test the stability of the structure. The second challenge was presented about one week later and involved the same materials, but the participants had to reach 70cm. Four teams of three were chosen. The personality tests had four possible outcomes: red, green, yellow, or blue. Each colour had specific characteristics and adjectives associated with it. The data collected revealed that the heterogeneous groups performed better overall. A slightly significant correlation was found between how well the teams performed and the words spoken per minute for the first experiment, but not for the second. The biggest limitation that hindered this study was the time pressure and limited sample size.
Vor dem Hintergrund der Coronakrise als erster Bewährungsprobe des internationalen Rechnungslegungsstandards IFRS 9 nach dem Scheitern des Vorgängerstandards IAS 39 in der Finanzkrise wird in dieser Arbeit untersucht, inwiefern der neue Standard im Hinblick auf die Bildung der Risikovorsorge in Krisenzeiten erfolgreicher ist als sein Vorgänger. Dabei bezieht sich der Erfolg des IFRS 9 auf die Erfüllung der an ihn gestellten Anforderungen. So wird geprüft, inwiefern dessen Risikovorsorge eine geringere Prozyklizität aufweist als jene nach IAS 39. Darüber hinaus wird untersucht, ob in der Praxis eine zeitnahe Verlusterfassung bei der Bildung von Risikovorsorge erfolgt und ob IFRS 9 Transparenz gewährleisten kann. Dabei werden Finanzdaten von dreizehn Banken aus jeweils unterschiedlichen Ländern analysiert. Bei deren Auswertung werden zusätzlich die jeweilige länderspezifische Krisenbelastung und nicht-numerische Informationen der bankspezifischen Anhänge berücksichtigt. Es wird festgestellt, dass IFRS 9 in der Coronakrise insgesamt eine geringere Prozyklizität aufweist als IAS 39 in der Finanzkrise, wobei einzelne Ausnahmen wohl auf diskretionäres Bilanzierungsverhalten zurückzuführen sind. Darüber hinaus zeigt IFRS 9 in der Praxis eine überwiegend zeitnahe Verlusterfassung in der Krise, wobei eine verspätete Erfassung vermutlich dem jeweiligen Belastungsgrad der Krise geschuldet ist. In einigen Fällen scheint es jedoch zu Intransparenz in Form von etwaigen Diskrepanzen zwischen der jeweiligen Krisensituation und den vorgenommenen Risikovorsorgen durch die Ausübung von Ermessensspielräumen zu kommen. Somit kommt die Arbeit zu dem Schluss, dass IFRS 9 zwar die Grundlage für ein erfolgreicheres Krisenmanagement in der Coronakrise schafft, als es IAS 39 in der Finanzkrise gelungen ist, dieses allerdings nicht gewährleistet. Vielmehr ist es erforderlich, dass der Standard von den bilanzierenden Banken ordnungsgemäß und zielführend angewendet wird.
The purpose of this thesis is to examine how process mining might enhance and benefit processes to increase the competitive advantage, while also examining the difficulties businesses are facing when implementing process mining and the purpose for which they have implemented it. Presentations of cases from various industries are backed up by in-person interviews with representatives of various businesses. The findings show that process mining is a tool that users highly recommend since it produces results that have never been seen before, regardless of the field in which it is used and regardless of their initial purpose for choosing such a concept. It also emphasizes the importance of the staff and people in putting a new idea into practice, as well as their obstacles embracing anything new.
Businesses that are competing for an advantage knock on many doors. The last ten years have seen many businesses of all kinds open their doors to process mining. A notion that identifies their shortcomings, provides them with room to grow and gives them transparency. One would assume that firms' focus is on keeping costs low in today's environment, where expenses climb enormously daily, therefore that's why they introduce innovative concepts. That may be true at first, but once the concept's genuine usefulness is realized, their focus is simple to change. Companies today recognize the need of process optimization if they wish to operate with a competitive edge and have a sound business plan. Until businesses decide to test the idea themselves, the network effect is important in such situations.
Since the concept hasn't been on the market for very long and not many companies have had experience with it thus far, it was observed that the results of the literature review with regard to the content of the interviews were practically comparable.
Finally, this paper provides recommendations for a transition from the conventional business models that firms are still using to more modern technical, data-based approaches. Only a broad analysis and conclusion are possible with the sample size of eleven companies and ten specialists.
The importance of machine learning (ML) has been increasing dramatically for years. From assistance systems to production optimisation to healthcare support, almost every area of daily life and industry is coming into contact with machine learning. Besides all the benefits ML brings, the lack of transparency and difficulty in creating traceability pose major risks. While solutions exist to make the training of machine learning models more transparent, traceability is still a major challenge. Ensuring the identity of a model is another challenge, as unnoticed modification of a model is also a danger when using ML. This paper proposes to create an ML Birth Certificate and ML Family Tree secured by blockchain technology. Important information about training and changes to the model through retraining can be stored in a blockchain and accessed by any user to create more security and traceability about an ML model.
Enormous potential of artificial intelligence (AI) exists in numerous products and services, especially in healthcare and medical technology. Explainability is a central prerequisite for certification procedures around the world and the fulfilment of transparency obligations. Explainability tools increase the comprehensibility of object recognition in images using Convolutional Neural Networks, but lack precision.
This paper adapts FastCAM for the domain of detection of medical instruments in endoscopy images. The results show that the Domain Adapted (DA)-FastCAM provides better results for the focus of the model than standard FastCAM weights.
Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die deutsche Weinindustrie - Zukunftsanalyse für die deutschen Winzer
(2022)
Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit gibt einen Überblick über die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die deutsche Weinindustrie. Das Ziel war es, die zukünftigen Risiken wie auch Chancen für die deutschen Winzer zu ermitteln und anhand der Ergebnisse Handlungsempfehlungen für die zukünftige Weinindustrie zu entwickeln. Um die Forschungsfragen zu beantworten, wurde eine Szenario- Analyse durchgeführt, welche sich an den deutschen Winzern orientiert. Dabei wurden die Einflüsse betrachtet und anhand dieser wurden unterschiedliche Zukunftsprojektionen erstellt. Die Szenario-Analyse zeigte, dass die deutsche Weinindustrie bei den aktuellen Entwicklungen des Klimawandels deutlich als Gewinner hervorgeht. Dennoch müssen Winzer und andere Akteure der Wein- industrie heute bereits wichtige Entscheidungen treffen und sich den Bedingun- gen anpassen um in der Zukunft die entstehen Chancen nutzen zu können.
The goal of the following paper is to examine if Corporate Architecture can be used as a tool for Employer Branding, as both concepts gained of importance over the last years, due to the war for talents. Therefore, specific aspects of each of the theories are focused on. The focus of Corporate Architecture lies on the interior design of offices, specifically in combination with the color association theory. This theory states, that colors are associated with specific values, things or emotions. The focus of Employer Branding is set on the values of cohesion and agility, as those are key characteristics of innovative teams and organizations.
Key factors sustainability and digitalization – an analysis of countries performance and actions
(2022)
Climate change is an extremely relevant topic nowadays in everyday life, politics and even economy. Therefore, it is important to understand the dimension of this topic and be conscious about how it is affecting everyone’s life. Many people’s base of living is fading through for example crop failure or natural disasters. Next, businesses must also adapt since many governments have implemented emission caps which force organizations to restructure business processes to meet those goals. Adapting to new circumstances or ways of working is crucial to fight back menacing environmental changes and without coherent enforcement, the goal of combating global warming and tackling climate change can’t be achieved.
But how can these challenges be fought against in a meaningful way and matter in a long-term perspective? There were already some attempts made like setting a maximum for global warming worldwide. On the other hand, there is no country which can meet those in the required period of time. Next to battle the problem of global warming every country in the world has to take part and work together, or else the goals can’t be fulfilled, which can occur to be difficult and hard to execute in reality. If there is no coherency in enforcement the aim of fighting the global warming and climate change can’t be attained.
The essential query I want to obtain with this thesis is what the possibilities for countries through sustainability and digitalization to live and operate in a more renewable way are. Part of this work will be assessing Sweden’s progress and development in this field since they are pioneers in both key areas. Afterwards there will be a comparison to Morocco and Singapore which at first glance differ completely from each other to work out differences and common ground.
In the end contrasting key factors like climate and geography, politics or economy etc. will give insights about opportunities and unused potential in making the world more sustainable with the help of digitalization.
The technique of acquiring the data is mainly focused on news articles, tech, and business publications as well as governmental proclamation and reporting of environmental portals. The reasoning for this is that the topic is very up to date and the source of information needs to be as recent as possible.
The intention of the project is to generate understanding and awareness about how sustainability and digitalization can be drivers and work together in a complex sphere like environmental change.
This thesis aims to ascertain whether the concept of job sharing might be a solution for organizations to adapt their company values to meet the changing principles of society. The shift in demands results from the younger generations seeking different values in their free time, which also influences the demands at work. The disbalance between organizational and individual values leads to employee dissatisfaction and increasing turnover rates. The part-time concept of job sharing is on the rise regarding new work opportunities. Therefore, subtopics including flexibility, work-life balance, gender balance, and diversity in the workforce are positively encouraged through job sharing. The data and research in this thesis are obtained from existing literature on the work concept. Most previous research has focused on the influences on individuals and less on multiple levels within a company. The findings of this paper state that job sharing can significantly impact the value shift of a company in many different facets. Nevertheless, the concept also provides a large number of requirements on several levels which need to be adjusted to benefit from the concept.
Huch, da lebt was
(2022)
Grundlagen der medizinischen Werkstoffe sowie Anwendungsbeispiele kompakt und leicht für Studierende
(2022)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations focus on key issues for the transformation of our world towards sustainability. We argue for stronger integration of the SDGs into requirements and software engineering and for the creation of methods and tools that support the analysis of potential effects of software systems on sustainability in general and on SDGs in particular. To demonstrate one way of undertaking this integration, we report on how the Sustainability Awareness Framework (SusAF -- a tool developed by the authors of this paper) can be mapped to the SDGs, allowing the identification of potential effects of software systems on sustainability and on the SDGs. This mapping exercise demonstrates that it is possible for requirements engineers working on a specific system to consider that system's impact with respect to SDGs.
Industrie 4.0 ist eine aktuelle Entwicklung in wirtschaftlichen Prozessen, die in den letzten Jahren mit zahlreichen Chancen für Unternehmen in Verbindung gebracht wurde. Industrie 4.0 meint die voranschreitende Digitalisierung in der Arbeitswelt hin zu einer Integration der digitalen und physischen Welt in Echtzeit. Die erfolgreiche Umsetzung von Industrie 4.0 stellt Unternehmen vor die Herausforderung eines Veränderungsprozesses. Solche Veränderungsprozesse können in ihrem Verlauf auf Widerstand stoßen beziehungsweise diesen auslösen. Widerstand hat dabei das Potenzial, ein Veränderungsprojekt zum Scheitern zu bringen, aber auch, eine Veränderung zu einer sinnvollen und effektiven Umsetzung zu führen. Für eine erfolgreiche Gestaltung von Industrie 4.0 ist es daher eine relevante Frage, welche Aspekte dieser Entwicklung Widerstand auslösen können und worin dieser Widerstand konkret begründet liegt. Das Wissen über die Ursachen von Widerstand ist der erste Schritt für einen gelungenen Veränderungsprozess, der möglichen Widerständen vorbeugt oder diese konstruktiv einbindet. Neben einer situationsspezifischen Analyse einer Industrie-4.0-Umsetzung in einem Unternehmen, die mögliche Widerstandstrigger identifiziert, bewegen sich die wesentlichen Lösungsansätze für ein effektives Management von Widerstand in den Bereichen Partizipation und Qualifizierung. Diese Thesis bietet eine Grundlage für eine solche situationsspezifische Analyse, indem sie einen ausführlichen Überblick über die kontrovers diskutierten Auswirkungen von Industrie 4.0 gibt, die verschiedenen Formen und Ursachen von Widerstand erläutert und diese auf den Kontext Industrie 4.0 anwendet.