Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: The paper discusses the evolution and reform of the German public pension plan in respect to its history, theoretical approaches to explain the choice and evolution of pension plans and takes current issues in account in order to evaluate the suggestions made and to show what political determinants influence future reform., abstract: The paper discusses the evolution and reform of the German public pension plan in respect to its history, theoretical approaches to explain the choice and evolution of pension plans and takes current issues in account in order to evaluate the suggestions made and to show what political determinants influence future reform. Part 1 of this paper will give a short review of the history of the German public pension plan between the late 19th century and today. Part 2 will show how decisions made in the past could be explained and will use political approaches to explain the choice and evolution of pension schemes and pension reform. Part 3 of this paper will then consider the current problems faced by the pension system and will discuss different proposals made. It will consider the current situation of the German public pension plan and will use political determinants in order to examine how the future reform of the public pension fund in Germany could develop. A small critique will be given at the end.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Economics - History, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: The paper will give a general overview on Douglass C. North's theoretical work during the last twenty years on economic history as well as on new institutions economics and institutional change. While the paper is more concerned on how North approaches the origin and development of the state via property rights it also will take his theory of institutional change and the way he emphasizes economies of scale and transaction costs into account., abstract: The paper will give a general overview on Douglass C. North's theoretical work during the last twenty years on economic history as well as on new institutions economics and institutional change. While the paper is more concerned on how North approaches the origin and development of the state via property rights it also will take his theory of institutional change and the way he emphasizes economies of scale and transaction costs into account. Part One of this paper will give a short introduction into the topic of the philosophy of the state. This will be followed by North's argumentation and thus his philosophy of the state derived in his numerous works. To begin with, Part Two of this paper gives an introduction into North's argumentation on the role of property rights for economic growth. Part Three will then explain what role government has in economic organization. The role of economies of scale for property rights and fiscal policies will be looked upon thereafter in Part Four. The circle will then be closed by linking economic growth and property rights with the development of the state. Analogously to North's argumentation in his book "The Rise of the Western World" the paper takes a section of ten millennia in economic history in order to explain the tension between property rights and the role of government as North sees it. North's

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: 1,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 50 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: The paper mainly focuses on current questionnaire generation tools on the German speaking market.Additionally, an introduction to internet-based research is given that will explain the differences between online surveys and online experiments and the choices of when and when not to conduct an experiment on the internet. It will also shortly introduce advantages and disadvantages of online research as well as the current standards that have been derived so far., abstract: The paper mainly focuses on current questionnaire generation tools on the German-speaking market. Additionally, an introduction to internet-based research is given in Part One of this paper that will explain the differences between online surveys and online experiments and the choices of when and when not to conduct an experiment on the internet. It will also shortly introduce advantages and disadvantages of online research as well as the current standards that have been derived so far. Part Two of the paper gives a short market analysis on the market of questionnaire generation tools with its suppliers and demanders, explaining the past and current development of the market as well as its future trend. The main focus lies on the product analysis in Part Three. Comparative features that will be looked upon when analyzing different products will be derived from the standards, introduced in Part One of this paper. A choice of current suppliers and their products will be represented and the positioning of their products within the market explained. Two favored products are then compared in more detail according to features, usability and pricing scheme, presenting a short result from the comparison thereafter. A summary will be given at the end that will recapitulate the results from the pape

Master Thesis aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Wirtschaft - Volkswirtschaftslehre, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universit t zu Berlin, 90 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: This paper examines actual entry and exit dynamics in the German airline market in light of the European liberalization process. For this purpose, flight schedules data was used to derive entry and exit statistics for a set of chosen inner-German routes over a period of thirteen years. Data was analysed in cross-sectional and longitudinal manner while identifying different entry waves and examining incumbent behaviour with respect to entry deterrence strategies. Furthermore, the market's concentration and structure was tracked to allow a conclusion with respect to the market's contestability after liberalization. The results suggest the existence of remaining structural barriers to entry and depict a rather unsatisfactory overall state of the post liberalized market.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Informationswissenschaften, Informationsmanagement, Note: 1,7, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin (Institut fur Wirtschaftsinformatik), Veranstaltung: Geschaftsprozessmodelle im Unternehmen, 21 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Seminararbeit befasst sich mit dem Thema Business Process Management Suites" als Softwarelosungen fur das Geschaftsprozessmanagement. Nach einer kurzen Einleitung in das Thema, die die Schwerpunkte der Arbeit sowie Arbeitsdefinitionen vorstellt, befasst sich der zweite Teil dieser Seminararbeit unter anderem mit der Thematik des Geschaftsprozessmanagements an sich. Hierbei werden Erfolgsfaktoren sowie Herausforderungen, Anforderungen und Ziele vorgestellt. Ebenso werden Anwendungsbereiche und schwerpunktmassige Technologien fur eine Uberleitung zu den im weiteren Teil der Arbeit im Mittelpunkt stehenden Business Process Management Suites angefuhrt. Im dritten Teil der Arbeit wird der Markt dieser Softwarelosungen naher untersucht und anhand von bisherigen Entwicklungen, dem derzeitigen Stand sowie den zu erwartenden Anderungen charakterisiert. Nachfolgend wird eine Auswahl an Produkten naher betrachtet, wobei vor allem auf Technologie, Funktionalitat und Interoperabilitat eingegangen wird. Abschliessend werden zukunftige Entwicklungen bezuglich des Enterprise-Modelling und der Interoperabilitat als auch der Business Process Management Notation vorgestell

Essay aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich BWL - Recht, Note: 1,7, Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Legal and economical interpretations of contract, contract law and contract theory, asymmetric information, adverse selection and moral hazard. Paper explains negative effects of adverse selection and moral hazard for the case of transaction costs and incomplete contracts and describes incentives to avoid adverse selection and moral hazard, such as signaling and deductibles as well as indemnity contracts and valued contracts., Abstract: Legal and economical interpretations of contract, contract law and contract theory, asymmetric information, adverse selection and moral hazard. Paper explains negative effects of adverse selection and moral hazard for the case of transaction costs and incomplete contracts and describes incentives to avoid adverse selection and moral hazard, such as signaling and deductibles as well as indemnity contracts and valued contracts.