Die Komplexit?t ist mehr in jeder Hinsicht und darf nicht "simplifziert" werden. Das Ziel dieser empirischen Studie ist eine Antwort auf die Fragen zu finden, ob die objektiv-rationale Komplexit?tsbew?ltigung im Multiprojektmanagement an ihre Grenzen st??t und, daraus abgeleitet, wie...

Software development is notorious for failure, typically defined as over budget, late delivery and/or poor quality of new information systems (IS) on project completion. The consequences of such failure can be enormous, particularly financially. As such, there is consensus by practitioners and...

Recent research has shown that project failure is often not directly attributable to the performance of project managers and project teams. Sometimes, project failure is caused by contextual factors, such as the breakdown of sponsor governance and support. This paper examines a research study...

Do you remember the first time you used an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)? Or a pay-at-the-pump gas station? Or an airline e-ticket kiosk? How did you know what to do? Although you never received any formal instruction in how to interact with the self-service technology, you were likely able to...

The stories we tell about "the economy" in discourses of regional economic development play an active role in shaping our economic realities. The construction of more equitable, democratic and ecologically-sound economies must involve an interrogation of our assumptions about what “the...

It has been argued by some that the distinction between orthodox economics and heterodox economics does not fit the growing variety in economic theory, unified by a common methodological approach. On the other hand, it remains a central characteristic of heterodox economics that it does not...

The purpose of this thesis is to argue that the core of a monetary economy is a network of triangular contracts between banks, firms, workers and capital goods suppliers. Not only does this network give rise to the creation and valuation of money but it is the organising feature of modern...

The dissertation tracks the media development and diversity policy positions of the SouthAfrican government with a particular focus on the establishment of the MediaDevelopment and Diversity Agency. It tracks the reasons for the reduction in theAgency’s funding and the curtailing of its...

Bei einerseits wachsendem Umweltbewusstsein der Gesellschaft und andererseits abnehmender Ressource "Natur" gewinnen Naturschutzprojekte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Gleichzeitig werden die Durchführungs- und Unterhaltskosten für eine Projektrealisation zunehmend wichtiger. Aus dieser Entwicklung...

Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit innovativen Arbeitsprozessen in der Finanzmarktkommunikation in Form von agilen Projektmanagements, wobei insbesondere die Kommunikationspolitik von Zertifikateemittenten im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung steht. Im Verlauf dieser Arbeit wird die Notwendigkeit der...