Dissertationen zum Thema „Externí partneři“

The thesis focuses on the design of a new solution for the exchange of documentation between the energy distribution company XYZ and its external partners. Based on the analysis of the current documentation exchange process and the requirements of the stakeholders are proposed appropriate system solutions with the necessary functionalities and procedural steps of the exchange.

Human capital, financial support, and other resources are often provided to schools by private organizations such as corporations, community organizations, universities, and governments. There is a wealth of research on the benefits of public school-external partnerships (Barnett, Hall, Berg, & Macarena, 2010; Gardner, 2011; Norman, 2009, Semke & Sheridan, 2012), however, there is little information on the sustainability of public school’s external partnerships. Beabout (2010) argued that external relationships can be difficult for school leaders to establish and maintain. Since partnerships are essential to offset school shortage and provide opportunities for students, it is crucial to expand our understanding of how schools maintain their external partnerships.

This qualitative study involving interviews of 23 partnership organizers examined how schools maintained their long-term partnerships. This study explored institutional theory as a theoretical framework to examine how schools and organizations function as institutions. Powell and DiMaggio (1991) and Selznick (1957) stated that as an organization is “institutionalized” it tends to take on a special character and to achieve a distinctive competence, in other words, a trained or built-in incapacity. The study drew on Bolman and Deal’s (2003) four frames for how people view the world: structural, human resource, political, and symbolic.

Partnership organizers described effective communication as an important factor in maintaining partnerships. Key factors in effective communication were establishing points of contact for both the school and the partner, understanding each other’s roles, and having clear expectations. Partnership organizers shared that collaboration that moves the partnerships forward were key. That kind of collaboration involved understanding and respecting the school culture and procedures as well as building buy-in for the school and the organization stakeholders and it offered real world experiences to students. Participants cited a commitment to working through barriers with a focus on commitment, flexibility, and dedication as key factor.

Based on the partnership organizers experiences, this study offers a deeper understanding of the factors that contribute to maintaining public school-external partnerships, with implications for existing and future school partnerships. This study also offers implications for policy on school partnerships.

Swedish agencies are obligated to collaborate in order to fulfil their respective missions. One of the largest agencies, The Social Insurance Agency, collaborates with several agencies, employers and care providers. Collaboration that needs synchronous dialogues andexchange of information, requires people to coordinate calendars, but since the organizations’ technical systems are separated, problems occur. The meeting organizers have to face the time-wasting problem of searching for suitable meeting occasions, without access to the calendars of their external meeting participants. Meetings across organizational borders are, therefore, difficult to arrange. This study has enlightened this problem, using methods for deeper understanding of the user’s point of view, searching for alternative solutions and with an experimental approach evaluated four different alternatives, all with their own unique pros and cons. One solution based on a WebDAV/CalDAV concept is recommended, due to its potentials. It is superior to the other alternatives, because of its strength in functionality. Moreover, it has great potential to develop into a broader collaboration service, offering a digital work space with functions for document sharing, discussion boards etc.
Svenska myndigheter är skyldiga att samarbeta med varandra, inom ramen för sina respektive uppdrag. Ett exempel är Försäkringskassan, som samarbetar med flera andra myndigheter, arbetsgivare och vårdgivare. Samarbete som kräver synkrona dialoger och informationsutbyte försvåras av att de olika organisationernas tekniska system är separerade. Utan tillgång till deltagarnas kalendrar tvingas mötesarrangören lägga ner mycket tid i sökandet efter passande tider, och mötesdeltagarna behöver manuellt koordinera sina kalendrar. Möten över organisationsgränser blir därmed svåra att boka. I denna studie fördjupas förståelsen för problemet utifrån ett användarperspektiv, för att därefter söka efter på marknaden tillgängliga lösningar. Med ett experimentellt angreppssätt har fyra alternativ studerats, alla med sina respektive för- och nackdelar. Resultatet blir en rekommendation om att gå vidare med WebDAV/CalDAV som med sin funktionella styrka är det mest kraftfulla alternativet. Detta koncept kan, utöver mötesbokningsfunktionaliteten, utvecklas till en bredare samarbetstjänst för Försäkringskassan och dess externa parter, med potential att erbjuda digitala arbetsytor och funktioner för dokumentdelning, diskussionstavlor mm.

The Hispanic American population has a higher risk for chronic diseases, including diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Many population-specific risk factors are modifiable but distinctly related to culture (e.g., language, diet, healthcare practices, gender roles). Thirty participants recruited at a Los Angeles County hospital clinic completed a survey on partner involvement in care and partner knowledge level that were subsequently compared with participants' laboratory values (glycated hemoglobin and low-density lipoprotein [LDL]) and blood pressure.

Three significant correlations were found: Perceived consistent DMII-appropriate meal consumption was correlated with lower LDL levels; increased appointment attendance was associated with decreased LDL level; and there was a positive correlation between partner involvement and partner appointment attendance. The data supported the need for more research in the areas of partner support and education for improved outcomes of diabetics, especially those with strong cultural views and gender role delineations.

Enligt högskolelagen ingår det i högskolors och universitets uppdrag, förutom utbildning och forskning, också att samverka med omgivande samhälle. Då samverkansuppdraget inte är lika väldefinierat som utbildnings- och forskningsuppdraget, finns det behov av en gemensam målbild mellan lärosäten och externa parter gällande vad man önskar uppnå med samverkan. Detta examensarbete undersöker vilka likheter och/eller skillnader som finns med avseende på de mål som extern part, forskare och lärare samt samverkansrådgivare har i de mål som ligger som grund för samverkan mellan ett universitet och externa parter. Det har genomförts nio stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer från tre olika intressegrupper av samverkan: samverkansrådgivare på Linnéuniversitetet, lärare & forskare på Linnéuniversitetet samt externa intressenter. Värdefokuserat tänkande har använts som teoretisk referensram. Utifrån intervjuerna har de fundamentala och instrumentella målen konstruerats i en målstruktur för respektive informant. De fundamentala och instrumentella målen visar vad de olika informanterna har för värderingar kring samverkan och vilka mål de olika parterna önskar uppnå med att samverka med varandra. Fundamentala mål som förekom i flera av målstrukturerna var att bidra till nytta för samhället, att bidra till samhällsutvecklingen och att lösa gemensamma samhällsutmaningar. Ett instrumentellt mål som förekom i flera av målstrukturerna är vikten av att arbeta med studenter, då detta bidrog till att uppfylla de fundamentala målen att stärka kompetensförsörjningen i regionen och kom till nytta för samhällsutvecklingen. De instrumentella målen att arbeta med forskningsprojekt leder till att de fundamentala målen för ökad innovation och att lösa gemensamma samhällsutmaningar kan uppnås.
According to the Higher Education Act, colleges and universities are required to, in addition to education and research, collaborate with the outside society. Since collaboration is not as clearly defined as education and the research assignment, there is a need for a common goal image about what you want to achieve with collaboration. This master’s degree thesis studies what similarities and/or differences an external part, researchers & teachers and senior advisor in collaboration, have as goals with collaboration between a university and external partners. Value-focused thinking is used as theoretic framework. The study consists of nine semi structured interviews from three different interest groups: senior advisors in collaboration from Linnaeus University, researchers & teachers from Linnaeus University and external partners. From the interviews fundamental objectives and means objectives were identified and structured into hierarchies and means-ends networks from each informant´s answers. The fundamental and means objectives show what similarities and differences the informants have for values concerning collaboration and what goals the different parties wish to achieve by collaborating with each other. Fundamental objectives that existed in several of the structures were to contribute to the benefit of society, to contribute to the development of society and to solve common social challenges. A means objective that existed in the goal structures is the importance of working with students, as working with students helped fulfil the fundamental objectives to strengthen the competence in the region and came to benefit the development of society. The means objectives in research were to contribute to the fundamental objectives in strengthen innovation and benefit by enabling to solve common societal challenges.

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A presente dissertação foi desenvolvida no âmbito do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação (PPGP) do Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). O caso de gestão tem como objetivo identificar os motivos do abandono em duas escolas de Ensino Médio, sendo uma com maior taxa e outra com menor taxa de abandono escolar. da Coordenadoria Distrital de Educação – CDE 05 [Manaus-AM]. Como objetivos específicos, pretendemos: I) Verificar quais os motivos do abandono escolar nas quatro escolas com maior taxa de abandono escolar da CDE 05, na visão de alunos, gestor escolar, assim como do Coordenador da Redução do Abandono Escolar – CRAE - da CDE 05. II) Analisar os motivos mais recorrentes de infrequência e abandono dentre os alunos que abandonaram as escolas em 2016 e que se matricularam nas respectivas escolas selecionadas para esta pesquisa em 2017; III) Propor um plano de ações mais efetivo de combate ao abandono escolar nas duas escolas deste referido estudo. O texto foi organizado em três capítulos que descrevem esta pesquisa. No capítulo I, contextualizamos o abandono escolar no Ensino Médio no Brasil e no Amazonas. No capítulo II, realizamos a análise dos fatores externos e internos à escola que incidem sobre o abandono escolar, sendo maior relevância a análise dos fatores internos que subsidiou a elaboração do plano de ação para prevenção e redução do abandono nas escolas estudadas. A metodologia de pesquisa escolhida foi a qualitativa, por meio do estudo de caso, no qual foram usados instrumentos de coleta como: a aplicação de questionários aos alunos, entrevista semiestruturadas aos gestores escolares e Coordenador da Redução do Abandono Escolar da CDE 05 e uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a temática do abandono escolar no Ensino Médio. E, finalmente, no capítulo III, fazemos a proposição de um plano de ação para a prevenção e redução do abandono escolar nas duas escolas onde foi realizado o estudo de caso. Este trabalho apresenta como fundamentação teórica estudos realizados anteriormente sobre o abandono escolar, em que destacamos: Soares et al (2015), que estudou os “Fatores associados ao abandono escolar no ensino médio público de Minas Gerais”; Castelar (2010), que realizou “Um estudo sobre as causas de abandono escolar nas escolas públicas de Ensino Médio no Estado do Ceará”; Vasconcelos (2013), que pesquisou sobre “Abandono e absenteísmo Escolar no Conselho de Ponta Delgada”; Fritsch e Vitelli (2016), com seus estudos sobre a “Evasão escolar , a escola e o mercado de trabalho: o que dizem jovens do ensino médio de escolas públicas”. A fundamentação teórica desta pesquisa nos demonstrou que vários estudiosos categorizaram os motivos do abandono escolar em 02 grandes grupos: fatores internos e fatores externos à escola. Esta pesquisa se ateve aos fatores internos à escola que incidem sobre o abandono escolar. Dentre esses, o principal motivo destacado é o desinteresse escolar, o que os alunos chamaram de falta de vontade de estudar.
This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The case of management aims to identify the reasons for dropping out in two high schools, one with a higher rate and another with a lower dropout rate. of the District Education Coordination - CDE 05 [Manaus-AM]. As specific objectives, we intend to: I) Check the reasons for dropping out in the four schools with the highest dropout rate of CDE 05, in the view of students, school administrators, as well as the CDE Coordinator of the Reduction of School Dropout - CDE 05. II) To analyze the most frequent reasons for infrequency and dropout among students who dropped out of school in 2016 and who enrolled in the respective schools selected for this research in 2017; III) To propose a more effective action plan to combat school dropout in the two schools of this study. The text was organized in three chapters that describe this research. In chapter I, we contextualize the drop out in high school in Brazil and the Amazon. In chapter II, we analyzed the external and internal factors that affect school drop-out, and the internal factors that contributed to the development of the action plan for prevention and reduction of dropout in the schools studied were more relevant. The research methodology chosen was qualitative, through a case study, in which collection instruments were used, such as: the application of questionnaires to students, a semi-structured interview with school administrators and the CDE 05 Abandonment Reduction Coordinator, and a research bibliography on the subject of school dropout in High School. Finally, in Chapter III, we propose a plan of action for the prevention and reduction of school drop-outs in the two schools where the case study was carried out. This study presents as theoretical foundation previous studies about school dropout, in which we highlight: Soares et al. (2015), who studied the "Factors associated with school dropout in Minas Gerais high school"; Castelar (2010), who conducted "A study on the causes of school dropout in public high schools in the state of Ceará"; Vasconcelos (2013), who researched on "School Abandonment and Absenteeism in the Council of Ponta Delgada"; Fritsch and Vitelli (2016) with their studies on "School Evasion, School and the Job Market: What Do High School Youth Say in Public Schools." The theoretical basis of this research has shown that several scholars have categorized the reasons for school dropout in two large groups: internal factors and factors external to school. This research was based on internal factors that affect school drop-out. Among these, the main reason is school disinterest, which the students called lack of will to study.

Examensarbete, civilekonomprogrammet inriktning Controller, Ekonomihögskolan vid Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö.  Kurskod 4FE18E, 30hp, VT2019   Författare: Mikael Bergström och Louise Samuelsson Handledare: Elin Funck   Titel: Controllerns roll - från generalisering till nyansering   Bakgrund: I takt med att företagen och dess ekonomistyrning utvecklats sägs controllerrollen gått från att vara en beancounter till en affärsinriktad business partner. Det finns dock en oenighet i hur, och hur långt, utvecklingen skett och argument har förts fram att det fullständiga skiftet inte materialiserats utan att det istället är en hybridiserad roll som syns. Trots att det öppnats upp för att det är en heterogen roll har det linjära tänket kring rollens utveckling lett till generaliseringar och otydligheter i hur rollen beskrivs.   Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att identifiera olika faktorer som påverkar rollen för controllers samt förklara hur dessa faktorer påverkar controllers i olika riktningar och mot olika roller. Ambitionen och det övergripande syftet är därmed att generera en djupgående kunskap och förståelse samt att nyansera bilden av controllerrollen.   Metod: Studien centrerar kring en kvalitativ intervjustudie av studieobjektet controllers. Semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med controllers på tre stora företag inom den tillverkande sektorn för att ge en relevant bredd till det empiriska materialet.   Slutsatser: Ett bidrag ges till teorin dels genom resultatet som visar att det är en hybridiserad roll som återfinns men också genom att olika faktorer som påverkar rollen har identifierats samt diskuterats och använts för att nyansera och urskilja olika inriktningar av rollen utifrån vilken nivå eller position controllern jobbar på. Förväntningar och uppfattningar ses påverka genom att möjliggöra och öppna upp för en bred och inkluderande roll och erfarenhet ses påverka arbets- och förhållningssättet till att bli mer aktivt och med ett förändrat analytiskt tillvägagångssätt. I och med att mönster har kunnat urskiljas vad gäller arbetsuppgifter och handlingar samt vad som är viktig kunskap, kompetens och egenskaper i förhållande till den organisatoriska positionen ses dessa i kombination påverka rollen i olika riktningar. Alla positioner och nivåer ses innehålla drag av rollbeskrivningen analytiker. Ledningsnivån samt positionen finance ses också påverkas åt coach, positionerna RnD, logistik och produktion påverkar åt pedagog och positionen redovisning åt kamrer. Sist ses arbete på den operativa nivån påverka rollen åt såväl pedagog som kamrer.
Degree Project in Controlling, The Business Administration and Economics Programme. School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus university, Växjö. Course code 4FE18E, 30 credits. Spring semester 2019   Authors: Mikael Bergström and Louise Samuelsson Supervisor: Elin Funck   Title: The controller role - from generalization to nuance   Background: As the companies and their management accounting has developed, the controller role is said to have gone from that of a beancounter towards a business oriented business partner. However, there is a disagreement in how, and how far, the development has gone and arguments has been made that the complete transition has not materialized, and that the role can rather be seen as a hybrid. Despite the fact that the theoretical framework has opened up for a heterogenous role, the linear thinking in regards to the development of the role has led to generalisations and ambiguity in how the role is described.   Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify different factors that affect the roles for controllers, as well as explaining how these factors affect controllers in various directions and towards various roles. The ambition along with the general purpose is therefore to generate a deeper knowledge and understanding as well as painting a more nuanced picture of controllers and their different roles in a company.   Method: The thesis is centered around a qualitative interview study of controllers as a professional group. Semi-structured interviews have been performed with controllers from three large manufacturing companies in order to provide a relevant depth and width for the empirical material.      Conclusions: A contribution is made to the theoretical framework, in part through the result of the thesis that conclude a hybridization of the role. The second contribution is that various factors that affect the role have been identified as well as discussed and utilized in order to distinguish different directions of the role pending on what level or in which position the controller is active. Expectations and opinions are seen to affect and open up for a broad and including role, while experience affect how controllers work as well as their analytical approach in different assignments. Patterns have emerged in regard to assignments, actions, important attributes and competencies that, combined with the organizational aspect, is seen to push the role in different directions. In accordance with this, all positions and levels include the role of analyst to some degree. Additionally, the managerial level as well as the position of finance show signs that point to a coach-role, the positions of RnD, logistics and production include an educator-perspective, and the position of accounting connect to the role of a chamberlain. Lastly, the operational level show signs of pushing the role towards that of both an educator and a chamberlain.

TITLE: Peer Review of Vocational Education and Training Schools AUTHOR: Stanislav Michek DEPARTMENT: Department of Primary Education, Charles University in Prague SUPERVISOR: prof. PhDr. Karel Rýdl, CSc. ABSTRACT: The subject of the research of the thesis is the issue of external evaluation, particularly technical and vocational schools by partners at the same level (peer review). In the theoretical part is paid attention to concepts associated with the development of the school, the peer review is set in the context of other forms of external evaluation in education in general level and then describes the current state of the external evaluation of schools in the Czech Republic. For the empirical research was designed mixed methods design. When the research was, along with other research methods effected multiple case study - fed 4 specific stories of peer review in the Czech Republic. From the findings have been identified following supportive factors peer review: attitudes toward evaluation, condition, experience with evaluation, competency of the participants, of the interaction rated the school and peers and support peer review. At the end are suggested other possible ways of research and recommendations for educational policy. KEYWORDS: peer review, external evaluation, mixed methodology, school, teachers

Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Information Systems and Technologies Management
Open innovation is now one of the most popular approaches in innovation management. This innovation model recognizes that not all good ideas can arise within the organization itself and, likewise, not all good ideas generated within it can be commercialized internally with success. Open innovation thus promotes collaboration with external partners throughout the innovation process. However, despite the growing interest of research in open innovation, little attention has been given to understanding this paradigm in the health sector. Therefore, this investigation intends to contribute to the literature, exploring the adoption of open innovation in organizations operating in the Portuguese health sector with their professionals. In order to meet the objectives of this study, a quantitative methodology was adopted through the elaboration of an online questionnaire to professionals of health organizations. The results obtained show that health organizations are already engaged in open innovation. Consequently, it was possible to identify the main processes (outside-in and coupled) and their practices (external networking, strategic alliances and customer involvement), as well as the external partners (consultants, commercial labs or private R&D institutes, customers, and universities or other higher education institutions) and motives (to acquire complementary knowledge) for these organizations to engage in open innovation.

This cumulative dissertation is based on three distinct scientific papers which deal with various strategies of external knowledge sourcing. The first two papers investigate the impact of collaboration on innovation performance taking into consideration a portfolio of external partners (customers, suppliers and universities) at different stages (idea generation, R&D, design, testing and market launch) of the new product development (NPD) process. Both papers rely on representative data of German firms from a wide range of industries. It sticks out that performance effects of external collaborations are highly partner-specific. Moreover firms of different size and in different technological environments can reap the benefits of external collaborations at distinct stages of the NPD process. The third paper investigates the determinants of demand at marktes for technology (MfT). At MfT disembodied knowledge (i.e. especially patents and licences) is traded at a certain price. The paper uses data from 20 industries in 24 European countries and provides almost exclusive evidence for demand side factors that propel and contrain acquisitions at MfT.:I Acknowledgements II Tables III Figures IV Abbreviations 1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation and relevant strands of literature 1.2 Research questions and contribution of the dissertation 1.3 Abstracts of the research articles 1.3.1 Abstract chapter 2 1.3.2 Abstract chapter 3 1.3.3 Abstract chapter 4 1.4 Statement of co-authorship 2. Timing of external partnerships in low-tech and high-tech firms. When and with whom do collaborations pay off? 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Conceptual framework and hypothesis development 2.2.1 Customer collaboration 2.2.2 Supplier collaboration 2.2.3 University collaboration 2.3 Data and models 2.3.1 Database 2.3.2 Variables 2.3.3 Estimation model 2.4 Results 2.4.1 Descriptive statistics 2.4.2 Results from regression analysis 2.4.3 Robustness checks and extensions 2.5 Discussion and conclusion 2.5.1 General discussion 2.5.2 Managerial and policy implications 2.5.3 Limitations and concluding remarks References chapter 2 Appendices chapter 2 3. Alles F&E? Performanceeffekte phasenspezifischer externer Kooperation in KMU 3.1 Einleitung 3.2 Konzeptionelle Grundlagen 3.3 Theoretische Fundierung phasenspezifischer Effekte 3.3.1 Kooperation mit Kunden 3.3.2 Kooperation mit Lieferanten 3.3.3 Kooperation mit Universitäten 3.3.4 Zwischenfazit und Ableitung von Hypothesen 3.4 Daten und Operationalisierung 3.4.1 Datensatz 3.4.2 Abhängige Variable 3.4.3 Unabhängige Variablen 3.4.4 Kontrollvariablen 3.5 Empirische Strategie und Ergebnisse 3.5.1 Deskriptive Statistiken 3.5.2 Ergebnisse aus den Regressionsverfahren 3.5.3 Robustheitsprüfungen und Erweiterungen 3.6 Diskussion und Implikationen für Forschung und Praxis 3.6.1 Diskussion 3.6.2 Implikationen für die Praxis 3.6.3 Limitationen und zukünftige Forschungsfelder Literaturverzeichnis Kapitel 3 Anhang Kapitel 3 4. Markets for Technology in Europe – Mapping Demand and its Drivers 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical framework 4.2.1 The size of markets for technology 4.2.2 The nature of demand on markets for technology 4.3 Drivers of demand on markets for technology 4.3.1 Sectoral patterns of innovation 4.3.2 Technological leadership of industries 4.4 Data and Methods 4.4.1 Data 4.4.2 Variables 4.5 Results 4.5.1 Mapping markets for technology 4.5.2 Descriptive results 4.5.3 Regression results 4.5.4 Robustness checks 4.6 Discussion 4.7 Conclusion References chapter 4 5. Summary and concluding remarks 5.1 Contribution to empirical research 5.2 Limitations and future research directions 5.3 Implications for managers and policy makers 5.3.1 Implications for managers 5.3.2 Implications for policy makers Reference list Appendices
Die vorgelegte kumulative Dissertationsschrift umfasst drei unterschiedliche wissenschaftliche Aufsätze, welche sich mit unterschiedlichen Strategien der Beschaffung von unternehmensexternem Wissens befassen. Die beiden ersten Aufsätze untersuchen den Einfluss von Kooperationen mit verschiedenen externen Partnern (Kunden, Lieferanten und Universitäten) auf den Innovationserfolg von Unternehmen. Dazu wird die Kooperation mit den gewählten Partnergruppen in 5 Phasen des Neuproduktentwicklungsprozesses (NPD) (Ideenfindung, F&E, Design, Testen und Prüfen, Markteinführung) untersucht. Beide Aufsätze nutzen repräsentative Daten von deutschen Unternehmen, welche ein breites Spektrum an Branchen umfassen. Gemessene Performanceeffekte sind dabei hochgradig partnerspezifisch. Überdies profitieren Unternehmen je nach eigener Größe und technologischem Umfeld in unterschiedlichen Phasen des NPD-Prozesses von externen Kooperationen. Der dritte Aufsatz untersucht Determinanten der Nachfrage auf sogenannten Märkten für Technologie (MfT). Auf MfT wird unverkörpertes Wissen (insb. in Form von Patenten und Lizenzen) zu einem bestimmten Preis gehandelt. Die Studie beruht auf Daten aus 20 Branchen in 24 europäischen Ländern und liefert nahezu exklusive Evidenzen dafür, welche Faktoren die Nachfrage nach unverkörperter Technologie treiben und beschränken.:I Acknowledgements II Tables III Figures IV Abbreviations 1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation and relevant strands of literature 1.2 Research questions and contribution of the dissertation 1.3 Abstracts of the research articles 1.3.1 Abstract chapter 2 1.3.2 Abstract chapter 3 1.3.3 Abstract chapter 4 1.4 Statement of co-authorship 2. Timing of external partnerships in low-tech and high-tech firms. When and with whom do collaborations pay off? 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Conceptual framework and hypothesis development 2.2.1 Customer collaboration 2.2.2 Supplier collaboration 2.2.3 University collaboration 2.3 Data and models 2.3.1 Database 2.3.2 Variables 2.3.3 Estimation model 2.4 Results 2.4.1 Descriptive statistics 2.4.2 Results from regression analysis 2.4.3 Robustness checks and extensions 2.5 Discussion and conclusion 2.5.1 General discussion 2.5.2 Managerial and policy implications 2.5.3 Limitations and concluding remarks References chapter 2 Appendices chapter 2 3. Alles F&E? Performanceeffekte phasenspezifischer externer Kooperation in KMU 3.1 Einleitung 3.2 Konzeptionelle Grundlagen 3.3 Theoretische Fundierung phasenspezifischer Effekte 3.3.1 Kooperation mit Kunden 3.3.2 Kooperation mit Lieferanten 3.3.3 Kooperation mit Universitäten 3.3.4 Zwischenfazit und Ableitung von Hypothesen 3.4 Daten und Operationalisierung 3.4.1 Datensatz 3.4.2 Abhängige Variable 3.4.3 Unabhängige Variablen 3.4.4 Kontrollvariablen 3.5 Empirische Strategie und Ergebnisse 3.5.1 Deskriptive Statistiken 3.5.2 Ergebnisse aus den Regressionsverfahren 3.5.3 Robustheitsprüfungen und Erweiterungen 3.6 Diskussion und Implikationen für Forschung und Praxis 3.6.1 Diskussion 3.6.2 Implikationen für die Praxis 3.6.3 Limitationen und zukünftige Forschungsfelder Literaturverzeichnis Kapitel 3 Anhang Kapitel 3 4. Markets for Technology in Europe – Mapping Demand and its Drivers 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical framework 4.2.1 The size of markets for technology 4.2.2 The nature of demand on markets for technology 4.3 Drivers of demand on markets for technology 4.3.1 Sectoral patterns of innovation 4.3.2 Technological leadership of industries 4.4 Data and Methods 4.4.1 Data 4.4.2 Variables 4.5 Results 4.5.1 Mapping markets for technology 4.5.2 Descriptive results 4.5.3 Regression results 4.5.4 Robustness checks 4.6 Discussion 4.7 Conclusion References chapter 4 5. Summary and concluding remarks 5.1 Contribution to empirical research 5.2 Limitations and future research directions 5.3 Implications for managers and policy makers 5.3.1 Implications for managers 5.3.2 Implications for policy makers Reference list Appendices

This research focuses on assessing the extent to which the Principles of Aid Effectiveness were followed and translated into action by taking the General Education Quality Improvement Programme (GEQIP) in Ethiopia as an example. Outcomes of the secondary reviews conducted on the selected government institutions and development partners documents demonstrate that these Principles are taken as overarching strategies to guide the undertakings on GEQIP. The study attests that a number of factors influence the realization of aid effectiveness in Ethiopia. These include, at the recipient level, existence of strong national development plans while demanding improvement on absorptive capacity. At the level of development partners, compliance with pledges made on the provision of resources and better coordination is needed. A common country framework to guide the aid effectiveness process including mutual accountably is important. The study most importantly identifies that beyond sector specific reviews, emphasis should also be given to assess the contribution of the Principles of Aid Effectiveness for efficient delivery of support to the GEQIP.
Development Studies
M.A. (Development Studies)