TY - JOUR A1 - Yalcin, Erdal A1 - Heiland, Inga T1 - Export market risk and the role of state credit guarantees JF - International Economics and Economic Policy N2 - Many countries offer state credit guarantees to support credit-constrained exporters. The policy instrument is commonly justified by governments as a means to mitigating adverse outcomes of financial market frictions for exporting firms. Accumulated returns to the German state credit guarantee scheme deriving from risk-compensating premia have outweighed accumulated losses over the past 60 years. Why do private financial agents not step in and provide insurance given that the state-run program yields positive returns? We argue that costs of risk diversification, liquidity management, and coordination among creditors limit the ability of private financial agents to offer comparable insurance products. Moreover, we suggest that the government’s greater effectiveness in recovering claims in foreign countries endows the state with a cost advantage in dealing with the risks involved in large export projects. We test these hypotheses using monthly firm-level data combined with official transaction-level data on covered exports of German firms and find suggestive evidence that positive effects on trade are due to mitigated financial constraints: State credit guarantees benefit firms that are dependent on external finance, if the value at risk which they seek to cover is large, and at times when refinancing conditions on the private financial market are tight. KW - State export credit guarantees KW - Credit constraints KW - Financial frictions Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10368-020-00466-2 SN - 1612-4804 SN - 1612-4812 IS - Published online: 2 June 2020 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - BOOK A1 - von Lübke, Christian A1 - Rüland, Jürgen A1 - Baumann, Marcel M. T1 - Religious actors and conflict transformation in Southeast Asia BT - Indonesia and the Philippines N2 - Drawing on a rich body of multimethod field research, this book examines the ways in which Indonesian and Philippine religious actors have fostered conflict resolution and under what conditions these efforts have been met with success or limited success. The book addresses two central questions: In what ways, and to what extent, have post-conflict peacebuilding activities of Christian churches contributed to conflict transformation in Mindanao (Philippines) and Maluku (Indonesia)? And to what extent have these church-based efforts been affected by specific economic, political, or social contexts? Based on extensive fieldwork, the study operates with a nested, multi-dimensional, and multi-layered methodological concept which combines qualitative and quantitative methods. Major findings are that church-based peace activities do matter, that they have higher approval rates than state projects, and that they have fostered interreligious understanding. Through innovative analysis, this book fills a lacuna in the study of ethno-religious conflicts. Informed by the novel Comparative Area Studies (CAS) approach, this book is strictly comparative, includes in-case and cross-case comparisons, and bridges disciplinary research with Area Studies. It will be of interest to academics in the fields of conflict and peacebuilding studies, interreligious dialogue, Southeast Asian Studies, and Asian Politics. KW - Conflict resolution KW - Philippines KW - Indonesia KW - Religious actors KW - Social development Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-0-367-19816-9 SN - 978-0-429-26236-4 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429262364 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - London ; New York ET - 1st edition ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thimm, Tatjana A1 - Bild, Christine A1 - Kalff, Michael T1 - Climate change in low mountain ranges: opportunities in sustainable Black Forest tourism JF - European Journal of Tourism Research N2 - The aim of this paper is to portray the risks of climate change for low mountain range tourism and to develop sustainable business models as adaption strategy. A mixed-method-approach is applied combining secondary analysis, a quantitative survey, and qualitative in-depth-interviews in a transdisciplinary setting. Results show, that until now, climate change impacts on the snow situation in the Black Forest – at least above 1,000 m – have been mild and compensated by artificial snowmaking, and up to now have not had measurable effects on tourism demand. In general, the Black Forest appears to be an attractive destination for more reasons than just snow. The climate issue seems to be regarded as a rather incidental occurrence with little importance to current business decisions. However, the authors present adaption strategies as alternatives for snow tourism, e. g. the implementation of hiking hostels, since climate change will make winter tourism in the Black Forest impossible in the long run. KW - Sustainable tourism KW - Climate change KW - Winter tourism Y1 - 2019 UR - http://ejtr.vumk.eu/index.php/volume23/699-v23sis63 SN - 1994-7658 VL - 23 SP - 63 EP - 70 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thimm, Tatjana T1 - Cultural sustainability - a framework for Aboriginal tourism in British Columbia JF - Journal of Heritage Tourism N2 - This paper presents a framework to assess the cultural sustainability of Aboriginal tourism in British Columbia, which meets must take into account the protection of human rights, good self-governance, identity, control of land, the tourism product’s authenticity, and a market-ready tourism product. These criteria are specified by two indicators each. The cultural sustainability framework was generated by triangulating qualitative research methods like experts’ interviews, secondary research, and participant and non-participant observations. This paper is thus conceptual in nature and inductive in its approach. It partly leverages a collaborative approach, as it includes interviewees in an iterative research loop. Furthermore, the paper shows why cultural sustainability is a determinant of the success of Aboriginal tourism. KW - Aboriginal people KW - British Columbia KW - Indigenous tourism KW - Cultural sustainability KW - Canada Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2018.1484469 SN - 1743-873X VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 205 EP - 218 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thimm, Tatjana A1 - Ramsey, Doug A1 - Hehn, Leonie T1 - Cross-border shopping between Switzerland and Germany: Tensions with Growth JF - European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation N2 - Border issues continue to be of interest in tourism literature, most significantly that which focusses on cross-border shopping (e.g., currency values, taxation, security). Borders as destinations are recognized in this area but the notion of shopping as a destination is perhaps less acknowledged. Following a review of the relevant literature, including the presentation of a table summarizing key areas of cross-border tourism research around the world, this paper presents a unique example of a border region with two-way traffic for cross-border shopping tourism: the border between Germany and Switzerland. The particular case is where two cities meet at the border: Konstanz, Germany and Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. An intercept survey and key informant interviews were conducted in both communities in the spring of 2015. The results indicate high levels of traffic for various products and services. And while residents are generally satisfied with cross-border shopping in their communities, there are emerging issues related to volume and, in particular, too many in Konstanz and not enough in Kreuzlingen. The paper concludes with a discussion that includes the development of a model cross-border shopping tourism that recognizes the multiple layers in space and destination. The paper concludes with a proposal to further investigate the particular issues related to the volume on both sides of borders where cross-border shopping is the destination. KW - Shopping tourism KW - Border tourism KW - Switzerland KW - Germany KW - Retail economies Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ejthr-2019-0002 SN - 2182-4924 VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 3 EP - 17 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thimm, Tatjana A1 - Hüttermann, Marcel A1 - Hannich, Frank A1 - Bild, Christine T1 - Requirements for future digital visitor flow management JF - Journal of Tourism Futures N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine visitor management in the German-Swiss border area of the Lake Constance region. Taking a customer perspective, it determines the requirements for an application with the ability to optimize personal mobility. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative study and a survey of focus groups were conducted to identify movement patterns of different types of visitors and their requirements concerning the development of a visitor management application. Findings – Visitors want an application that provides real-time forecasts of issues such as traffic, parking and queues and, at the same time, enables them to create a personal activity schedule based on this information. Research limitations/implications – Not every subsample reached a sufficient number of cases to yield representative results. Practical implications – The results may lead to an optimization and management separation of mobility flows in the research area and be helpful to municipal planners, destination marketing organizations and visitors. Originality/value – The German border cities of Konstanz, Radolfzell and Singen in the Lake Constance region need improved visitor management, mainly because of a high level of shopping tourism by Swiss visitors to Germany. In the Summer months, Lake Constance is also a popular destination for leisure tourists, which causes overtourism. For the first time, the results of this research presented here offer possible solutions, in particular by showing how a mobile application for visitors could defuse the situation. KW - Mobile application KW - Overtourism KW - Visitor flow management Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JTF-03-2019-0023 SN - 2055-5911 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 241 EP - 258 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pokorny, Benno A1 - von Lübke, Christian A1 - Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril A1 - Dickow, Helga T1 - All the gold for nothing? Impacts of mining on rural livelihoods in Northern Burkina Faso JF - World Development N2 - While existing resource extraction debates have contributed to a better understanding of national economic and political dilemmas and institutional responses, there are flaws in understanding the specific relevance of the various types of mining schemes for rural households to deal with the various problems they are confronted with. Our paper examines the perceptions of gold mining effects on households in Northern Burkina Faso. The findings of our survey across six districts representing different mining schemes (industrial, artisanal, no mining) highlight the fact that artisanal gold mining can generate job opportunities and cash income for local households; whereas industrial gold mining widely fails to do so. However, the general economic and environmental settings exert a much stronger influence on the household state. Gold mining effects are perceived as being less advantageous in districts where people are suffering from a lack of education, a higher vulnerability to drought and poor market access. Our findings provide empirical support for those who back the enhanced formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and policies that entail more rigorous state monitoring of mining concessions, especially in economic and environmentally disadvantaged contexts. Effectively addressing communal and pro-poor development requires greater attention to the political economy of ASM and corporate mining. It also calls for a greater inclusion of local mining stakeholders and a more effective alignment of international regulatory and advocacy efforts. KW - Gold mining KW - Artisanal mining KW - Burkina Faso KW - Local livelihoods KW - Rural development Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.03.003 SN - 0305-750X VL - July 2019 IS - 119 SP - 23 EP - 39 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Hoffmann, Olaf T1 - Bericht Forschungssemester Olaf Hoffmann im WS 2018/19 KW - Projektcontrolling Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:kon4-opus4-20914 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kusumah, Indra A1 - Salinesi, Camille A1 - Rohleder, Clotilde T1 - New Approach for Supporting Future Collaborative Business in Automotive Industry BT - Product Lifecycle Management based crowdsourcing platform T2 - IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 17-20 June 2018, Stuttgart, Germany N2 - Product development and product manufacturing are entering a new era, namely an era where engineering tasks are executed under collaboration of all involved parties. Engineers and potential customers work together mainly in a virtual world for the design and realization of the product. We address this so called “crowdsourcing” trend in the automotive industry that lowers cost and accelerates production of new car. Current practice and prior studies fail to handle data management and collaboration aspects in sufficient detail. We propose a PLM based crowdsourcing platform that applies best practices to the established approach and adapt it with new methods for handling specific requirements. Our work provides a basis for establishing an improved collaboration platform to support a Gig Economy in the automotive industry. KW - Innovation KW - Collaboration KW - PLM KW - Crowd Sourcing KW - Automotive Industry Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-1469-3 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2018.8436382 N1 - Volltextzugriff für Angehörige der Hochschule Konstanz via Datenbank IEEE Xplore möglich ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lin, Jing A1 - Nurcan, Selmin A1 - Rohleder, Clotilde T1 - Material Management in LCA Integrated PLM BT - Sustainability in material and substance compliance, the Life Cycle Assessment integrated PLM approach T2 - IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 17-20 June 2018, Stuttgart N2 - It is widely recognized that sustainability is a new challenge for many manufacturing companies. In this paper, we tackle this issue by presenting an approach that deals with material and substance compliance within Product Lifecycle Management in a complex value chain. Our analysis explains why, how and when sustainable manufacturing arises, and it identifies, quantifies and evaluates the environmental impact of a new product. We propose (I) a Life Cycle Assessment tool (LCA) and (II) a model to validate this approach and evaluate the risk of noncompliance in supply chain. Our LCA approach provides comprehensive information on environmental impacts of a product. Product and materials cycles are parallel and intersecting, making it challenging to integrate Material Selection Process across Product Lifecycle Management, Integration of LCA with PLM. We provide only a foundation. Further research in systems engineering is necessary. LCA is sensitive to data quality. Outsourcing production and having problems in supplier cooperation can result in material mismatch (such as property, composition mismatching) in the production process due to that may cause misleading of LCA results. This paper also describes research challenges using riskbased due diligence. KW - Innovation KW - Sustainability KW - PLM KW - Material and Substance Management Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-1469-3 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2018.8436374 N1 - Volltextzugriff für Angehörige der Hochschule Konstanz via Datenbank IEEE Xplore möglich. ER -