The Dortmund Case — On the Enactment of an Urban Economic Imaginary

Launched in the year 2000, the so‐called Dortmund Project was a 10‐year local development initiative aimed at creating 70,000 new jobs and redeveloping the old industrial sites in Dortmund, a city in the Ruhr area of Germany. The project's proclaimed vision of a ‘new Dortmund’ is seen as a part of a new imaginary. This article uses a praxeological perspective to work out the enactment practices in this imaginary, viewing them as various nexuses of doings and sayings. In doing so, it stresses the relevance of the production and influence of different reports in this process and seeks to offer an insight into the complexity of the setting in which this imaginary was enacted.     

The management of an ageing workforce: organisational policies in Germany and Britain

Demographic change as well as pressure from the European Union and national government are forcing organisations to change age‐discriminatory HRM approaches. Based on a qualitative analysis of eight British and German organisations, we found that commitment, scope, coverage and implementation of age management differ due to country‐specific institutions, particularly government, in nudging employers and unions to preferred age practices. This confirms the path dependency concept suggested by institutional theory. Nevertheless, we also found that industry‐specific factors mediate the implementation of age management, leading to some convergence across countries. This indicates that organisations deviate from the institutional path to implement practices that they deem important.     

德国联邦政府2050年能源规划纲要——致力于实现“环境友好、安全可靠与经济可行”的能源供应

2010年9月,德国联邦政府正式发布了新的《能源规划纲要：致力于实现环境友好、安全可靠与经济可行的能源供应》。该规划纲要由德国联邦经济技术部和联邦环境部共同起草,是德国联邦政府面向2050年能源中长期发展战略。该计划以“服务于国民经济持续发展与繁荣”为核心,以“可再生能源为主的复合型能源结构”为目标,以“系统集成、技术开放和市场导向”为方向。     

德国智能电网的发展现状

“电子能源”是基于信息和通信技术的未来能源系统。该系统使得整个能源供应系统实现全面的数字化联网,以及计算机控制和监测。发展能源电网的关键是为各种发布式发电装置提供自由接入的动态平台、为节能和需求方管理提供智能化的控制管理平台、为电动汽车和各种新型电器提供创新的应用平台,从而解决供电安全和可持续发展等问题。     

德国长期照护保险制度研究及其启示

随着全人口老龄化的日趋严重,长期照护服务的意义由于其使用者需求和支出上的增长而日趋重要,德国实行的长期照护保险制度为解决这一问题提供了新的视角与尝试。本文分析了德国实行这一制度的初衷与成因,系统阐述了这一制度的内容及实施结果,以期为我国老年人长期照护的养老服务体系的政策设计及实施提供有益的启示与借鉴。     

对德国储蓄银行的考察与启示

本文通过对德国两家储蓄银行的考察,总结了其有益的经营理念。一是德国储蓄银行非常重视企业CI的建设工作;二是重视机构合作和资源共享;三是重视信息系统的研发工作;四是重视企业文化的积累和提炼;五是重视风险的管理和防范工作;六是重视对公益事业的支持;七是德国储蓄银行与地方经济共成长。     

从德国教授的聘任看我国教授晋升制度的改革

拥有大师级教授的大学才有条件培养出成批的大师级人才。我国的高等学校并不缺少教授,而是缺少具有世界知名度的大师级教授。这与我国教授的选拔晋升方法有关,该文所论及的德国教授的聘任模式将会给我国教授晋级制度的改革提供一些有益的借鉴。     

促进早前期投融资的德国经验及其启示

德国中小企业的发展得益于促进早前期投融资的支持措施,归纳起来有以下特点:财政资助更加关注产学研结合和发挥市场力量,公私合作帮助科技型企业启动,间接支持与直接支持相结合解决初创期困境,创新初创期企业信贷支持模式等。德国的做法对于开展科技融资工作具有借鉴意义,如,建立投向企业的财政资金的硬约束机制,借鉴公私合作模式支持创新,在科技资源配置中引入市场机制,根据创新和企业发展的阶段采取系统化和多样化的资助方式等。借鉴德国经验,我国应健全科研经费分配机制,完善创业投资引导基金运作模式,提高政策性金融机构对创新支持的聚焦度,引导民间资本加大对早期创新创业的支持力度。     

Reforming local public services

Abstract

The following article is aimed at analysing reforms in public service delivery and management at the local level of government in Germany and France from a cross-countries comparative perspective. Particular attention is paid to the results and effects these reform initiatives have caused with regard to the administrative organization, steering capacities, and output performance. Two major approaches of reform will be addressed: privatization, contracting-out, and ‘corporatization’ of local services on the one hand and public management reforms on the other. Proceeding from the distinct ‘starting conditions’ of reforms in the two local government systems, the question will be pursued, as to whether there has been an increasingly convergent or divergent development in French and German local service provision, and how these evolutions can be explained.     

The inpatriate experience in multinational corporations: an exploratory case study in Germany

Despite inpatriates' growing importance for the scope of international business, research on this specific group of international assignees transferred to the corporate headquarters (HQ) of multinational corporations (MNCs) still remains in its infancy. Due to this research gap, a qualitative approach to the analysis of inpatriates' experiences was selected to uncover directions for subsequent research and derive factors that are relevant in the context of these cross-cultural assignments. This paper reports the results of exploratory interviews with 13 inpatriates assigned to the HQ of three German MNCs. The interviews explored the purpose of inpatriate assignments in MNCs and focused on identifying critical dimensions to assess their success. In addition, the relevance of individuals' cultural background and other factors that may impact on assignment outcomes were examined. The empirical results are instrumental in deriving two major research questions that may guide future research in the field of inpatriate assignments.