VHB-ProDok: Design Science (22.-25.08.2017)

Abstract and Learning Objectives
This class focuses on planning and conducting design science research on Ph.D. level. It is intended to provide state-of-the art methodological competences for all Ph.D. students in business whose research is not solely descriptive/explanatory, but also comprises components where artefacts are purposefully designed and evaluated.

While Design Science Research is very common in Information Systems research, purposeful artefact design and evaluation are found in many other business research fields like, e.g., General Management, Operations Management/Management Science, Accounting/Controlling, Business Education, or Marketing. While Design Science is often conducted implicitly, the methodological discourse in the Information Systems has led to a high level of reflection and to the availability of a large number of reference publications and cases, so that examples and cases will often originate from this domain. It should however be noted that Design Science as a paradigm is applicable and is used in nearly all business research fields. As a consequence, this class is not only part of the Information Systems ProDok curriculum, but intentionally being positioned as cross-domain class.

The goal of the class is to provide Ph.D. students with insights and capabilities that enable them to plan and conduct independent Design Science research. To achieve this goal, students will engage in a number of activities in preparation and during this three-day course, including preparatory readings, lectures, presentations, project work, and in-class discussions. The course format offers an interactive learning experience and the unique opportunity to obtain individualized feedback from leading IS researchers as well as develop preliminary research designs for their own Ph.D. projects.

Date of Event: 22. – 25. August 2017 

Location: Universität St. Gallen 

Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke (Universität Liechtenstein)
Prof. Dr. Robert Winter (Universität St. Gallen)  

Registration: The deadline for registration is 25 July 2017. Please click on the link to open the registration form: http://vhbonline.org/veranstaltungen/prodok/anmeldung/anmeldeformular/ or send an email to prodok(at)vhbonline(dot)org.

Further information

VHB-ProDok: Advanced Topics in Asset Pricing and Capital Market Research (16.-19.08.2017)

Content

Part I (Erik Theissen)
I.1 Theory Brush Up
I.2 Risk and Return
I.3 Efficient Markets
I.4 Empirical Tests of Portfolio Theory and Individual Investor Behavior
I.5 Tests of the CAPM
I.6 Testing the APT
I.7 Anomalies or Priced Risk Factors?
I.7 Further Topics

Part II (Joachim Grammig)
II.1 Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and the Basic Asset Pricing Equation
II.2 The Canonical Consumption-CAPM (C-CAPM): Theory, Estimation, and Empirical Performance
II.3 Recent variations of the C-CAPM: Habit, Long-Run-Risk, Rare Disasters
II.4 Conditioning Information: Scaled Returns and Scaled Factors
II.5 Relationship Between Regression- and GMM-based Tests of Asset Pricing Models (Link to First Part)
II.6 Empirical Tools (the use of  STATA/EVIEWS/MATLAB)  

if time permits
II.7      Econometric Theory (Extremum Estimators)

Date of Event: 16. – 19. August 2017

Location: House of Finance on Campus Westend of Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 3, 60323 Frankfurt am Main

Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Prof. Dr. Erik Theissen (Universität Mannheim) 

Registration: The deadline for registration is  16 June 2017. Please click on the link to open the registration form: http://vhbonline.org/veranstaltungen/prodok/anmeldung/anmeldeformular/ or send an email to prodok(at)vhbonline(dot)org.

Further information

VHB-ProDok: Advanced Topics in Information Systems Theory (18.-21.07.2017)

Abstract and Learning Objectives
The generation of knowledge can be seen as one of the key contributions of any science. Consequently, many scholars emphasize the centrality of theories for any scientific endeavor – a thought widely reflected in many disciplines from the natural to the social sciences. While a corresponding attention to theoretical work has been at the heart of the Information Systems (IS) discipline for a long time, the focus on theoretical debates and genuine conceptual contributions has been picking up recently. This is reflected by a number of journal sections and conference tracks dedicated to advancing theory and theorizing in IS research just as much as in many authors’ experiences during the reviews of their work.

The course “Advanced Topics in Information Systems Theory” invites participants to join the ongoing discourse on theories and theorizing in the Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE) and Information Systems (IS) research communities. It is designed to help participants build and extend their understanding of the nature and role of theory in BISE and IS research. Through discussions and analyses of current theoretical developments in the BISE and IS discipline and some of its main reference disciplines, participants will engage with theory and advance their skills of building their own theoretical contributions.

The course aims to achieve the following high-level learning objectives

  1. Build a foundational understanding of what theory is and what role it plays in research
  2. Develop basic theorizing skills and be familiar with extant theorizing strategies
  3. Understand strategies to develop and publish own theoretical contributions  

Overall, the course is designed to help students advance their understanding of theory and theorizing in the BISE / IS discipline and enhance their theorizing skills related to their own research and thesis work.

Be advised that the course is not intended to be a comprehensive or normative prescription of how to engage with theory and theorizing in research. It is rather aimed at encouraging and empowering young scholars to carefully pay attention to their theoretical contribution and their engagement with the extant knowledge in the field. This explicitly includes a critical reflection on the current state of theory in the IS and BISE field in order to help advance the current debates on the nature and role of theory and theorizing.

Date of Event: 18. – 21. of July 2017  

Location: Hamburg

Lecturer:
Dr. Benjamin Mueller, Department of Innovation Management and Strategy, University of Groningen: http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.mueller/

Prof. Dorothy Leidner, PhD, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University: http://business.baylor.edu/Dorothy_Leidner/  

Registration: Please click on the link to open the registration form: http://vhbonline.org/veranstaltungen/prodok/anmeldung/anmeldeformular/ or send an email to prodok(at)vhbonline(dot)org.

Further information

Call for Papers: Alternativen ökonomischer Lehre und Forschung (Arbeitskreis Politische Öknonomie)

Organisatoren: Das Institut für Plurale Ökonomik (Siegen) und der Arbeitskreis Politische Ökonomie

Thema: Alternativen ökonomischer Lehre und Forschung

Veranstaltungsort: Siegen

Termin: 23.-25.11.2017

Im November 2015 fand der Kongress Teaching Economics in the 21st century in Berlin statt, der ursprünglich auf eine Initiative des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie und der World Economic Association zurückging. In der Zwischenzeit hat sich einiges getan: die private Cusanus-Hochschule hat erfolgreich einen zusätzlichen Bachelorstudiengang eingerichtet, an der Universität Siegen läuft seit dem Wintersemester 2017/18 der Masterstudiengang Plurale Ökonomik und ein Institut für Plurale Ökonomik ist in Gründung. Zudem erscheinen seit der Berliner Tagung weitere heterodox-plurale Lehrbücher (u.a. das von INET angeregte Core-Projekt) und die Forschungsstelle für gesamtwirtschaftliche Weiterentwicklung fördert neben einer eigenen Buchpublikation einige Forschungsprojekte, die sich zum Teil mit Fragen der heterodoxen Forschung und Lehre befassen. Neben der neulich erfolgten Gründung der „Gesellschaft für sozio*ökonomische Bildung und Wissenschaft (GSÖBW)“ sind schließlich die zahlreichen zwischenzeitlichen Aktivitäten und Diskussionen im Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik hervorzuheben.

Die Konferenz dient dazu, den u.a. in Berlin entwickelten Diskussionszusammenhang weiter zu entwickeln. Die Vorstellung plural-heterodoxer Studiengänge, die Kritik an zentralen Konzepten der Standardökonomie gerne auch mit Bezug auf aktuelle, (inter)nationale wirtschaftspolitische Entwicklungen und die Vorstellung deutschsprachiger, aber auch v.a. angelsächsischer Alternativlehrbücher sollen neben plural-heterodoxen Lehr- und Lernformen unter Einschluss avancierter alternativer Forschungsansätze, die den vorherrschenden Mainstream ergänzen sollten, im Vordergrund der Tagung stehen.

Anregungen und Beiträge von studentischer Seite sind ausdrücklich erwünscht.

Bitte senden Sie/sendet Ihr einen Abstract im Umfang von max. 500 Worten bis zum 1.9 an: Helge.Peukert@uni-siegen.de

Management Revue – Socio-Economic Studies – Vol. 28, No. 1 (Special Issue ‘Perspectives on Sustainable Consumption’)

1st Issue 2017
Management Revue – Socio-Economic Studies, Volume 28
Special Issue ‘Perspectives on Sustainable Consumption’
edited by Ortrud Leßmann & Torsten Masson

Contents

Ortrud Leßmann & Torsten Masson
Editorial: Perspectives on Sustainable Consumption

Benjamin Held & Christian Haubach
The Additional Costs of Organic Food Products – A Basket of Goods-based Analysis Differentiated by Income

Torsten Masson & Ortrud Leßmann
Insecure Employment and Pro-Environmental Consumption: An empirical Analysis

Mirella Giannini, Dario Minervini & Ivano Scotti
The Reflexive Generation: Consumption, Crisis, and Sustainability

Jan Seidel
Explaining Renewable Energy Consumption Among Students: The Role of Academic Discipline and Energy Awareness

Camilla Jensen
International Trade in Infant Industries: A Dynamic Analysis of Different Trade Policy Instruments and Their Implications for Sustainable Consumption

Call for Papers

 

Submission deadline: 31 July 2017
Submission deadline: 31 December 2017

 

Forthcoming Issues

Digital Working Life
Guest Editors: Mikael Ottoson & Calle Rosengren (Lund University, Sweden), Doris Holtmann & Wenzel Matiaske (Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany)

COST Action IS1311 – Intergenerational Family Solidarity across Europe – Annual Training School 2017

Dortmund 6th – 9th June 2017

As indicated in its Memorandum of Understanding, COST Action IS1311: Intergenerational Family Solidarity Across Europe-INTERFASOL foresees the organization of several training schools, programmed to provide structured training in theoretically-guided empirical research in social sciences and policy on the field of family intergenerational solidarity. The global objective is to develop interdisciplinary research capacity, to advance scientific understanding across Europe on the importance and impact of intergenerational family solidarity across generations in priority domains of life. It is also intended to contribute to the development of high quality future intergenerational family solidarity programmes and research and plan new research pathways.

The INTERFASOL annual training schools provide the most up-to-date knowledge and methods in this field, putting a strong emphasis on research methods for social sciences and offering interdisciplinary activities with a focus on policy issues. These are international programmes and therefore all courses are in English. Participants can expect a series of lectures by leading international scholars.

Program for the 2017 Edition

Core Courses
Theme: Care as fulfillment or burden? Family support and the reconciliation of care and life within different contexts

  • Care in Context ( Prof. Marjolein Broese van Groenou, VU University Amsterdam & Prof. Ellen Verbakel, Radboud University, Nijmegen)
  • Care and Health (Judith Kaschowitz, TU Dortmund & Melanie Wagner, MPISOC Munich);
  • Care and Work (Prof. Monika Reichert & Sarah Hampel, TU Dortmund);
  • Productivity and Care from a Life Course Perspective (Dr. Morten Wahrendorf, University of Düsseldorf & Prof. Martina Brandt, TU Dortmund)

The trainers will share insights into their ongoing research in the respective areas. More information can be found at their personal websites (please follow the hyperlinks above).

Methodology
Morning session
Part 1
Presentation of the trainers research fields related to intergenerational family solidarity (INTERFASOL): focus on concepts, methods, instruments and research paradigms.

Part 2
Trainer’s illustrations of a corpus of researches (questions, methods, instruments, results) focused on INTERFASOL interest.

Afternoon session
Part 1
Trainees’ sub-groups sessions discuss their own ongoing research or current work linked to the action theme. Each trainee will be given the opportunity to introduce and discuss her/his work based on the abstract attached in the application form.

Part 2
During the second part of the afternoon, trainees present the results of their discussions in a plenary session. The trainer of the day’s session comments the presented results.

Who can apply?
PhD students and Early Stage Researchers (ESR). The Training Schools will also be open to the Action members and selected experts.
Trainees come from European COST countries, or from an approved NNC (see the list of eligible countries).

During the Training Schools, the trainees will have the opportunity to present their research work for discussion (strongly encouraged); the alternative is to make a short presentation, having later a moment for personal and short feedback by the Trainers.

Financial Support for Trainees
According to COST H2020 VADEMECUM (pp. 24-25), a financial support is possible for a maximum of 20 Trainees who wish to apply to it. Trainees who do not require financial support are also very welcome. The selection of the granted applicants is based on the application documents and form, which must clearly comply with the overall objectives of the Action’s Memorandum of Understanding available in http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/isch/Actions/IS1311. Also, kindly note that, at all times, you all allowed to participate at your own expenses, after informing the Training School Coordinator accordingly.

The following funding conditions will apply to the 20 selected applicants and must be respected: A maximum grant of EUR 500 will be awarded

Prior the Training School, Trainees must register on e-COST: https://e-services.cost.eu .

How to apply?
Applicants must apply for participation on the Training School. Additionally, applicants can also apply for Financial Support. Trainees who wish to apply for financial support, should indicate so in the application form. Please note that it is mandatory to send your application if you wish to be a Trainee in the INTERFASOL Training School 2017, regardless of applying to Financial Support.

The applicant is responsible for filling in the form online .

The selection of applicants is based on the application which must clearly comply with the overall objectives of the Action’s Memorandum of Understanding available in http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/isch/Actions/IS1311.

When to apply?
The current call is open from March 25th till April 16th 2017. Feedback will be given until April 30th 2017. The Training School will take place from the 6th till the 9th of June 2017.
For more Information please, contact Management Committee Chair rof Anne Marie Fontaine, email: fontaine [at] fpce.up.pt or Training School Coordinator Prof Willy Lahaye, email: willy.lahaye [at] umons.ac.be

Annual Training School 2017 Online Application Form
http://www.interfasol.eu/dortmund2017/
Call for applications
http://www.interfasol.eu/training-school/dortmund2017/
INTERFASOL wesite
http://www.interfasol.eu/

Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe: Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (Personalmanagement)

An der Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe ist im Fachbereich Produktion und Wirtschaft im Lehrgebiet Personalmanagement am Standort Lemgo zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Stelle als

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin /
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

befristet für die Dauer von 2 Jahren zu besetzen.

Das Aufgabengebiet wird insbesondere folgende Aspekte umfassen:

  • Eigenständige Entwicklung eines empirischen Promotionsprojekts
  • Mitarbeit an empirischen Forschungsprojekten und bei Kooperationen mit Praxispartnern
  • Mitwirkung an Lehrveranstaltungen sowie Betreuung von Abschlussarbeiten
  • Unterstützung bei administrativen Aufgaben der Lehreinheit

Wir wünschen:

  • Ein überdurchschnittliches wissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium (Master- oder Diplomabschluss) in Wirtschafts- oder Sozialwissenschaften mit Studienschwerpunkten in den Bereichen Personal, Organisation oder Management
  • Gute Kenntnisse in quantitativen Forschungsmethoden und großes Interesse an empirischer Personal- und Organisationsforschung
  • Sehr gute Ausdrucksfähigkeit in der deutschen und englischen Sprache
  • Fähigkeit, eigenverantwortlich und im Team Projekte voranzutreiben und zu organisieren
  • Spaß an der Wissensvermittlung und der Betreuung Studierender

Wir bieten:

  • Die Möglichkeit, in Kooperation mit der Universität Paderborn zu promovieren und an Doktorandenkursen und wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen teilzunehmen
  • Die Einbindung in eine engagierte Arbeitsgruppe und ein Netzwerk aus Forschungs- und Praxispartnern
  • Vielfältige Gelegenheiten, eigenständig zu arbeiten
  • Ein familiengerechtes Arbeitsumfeld
  • Eine Vergütung − je nach Ausbildungs- und Kenntnisstand − bis zur Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L

Frauen werden nach Maßgabe des Landesgleichstellungsgesetzes bei gleicher Qualifikation bevorzugt berücksichtigt, sofern nicht in der Person eines Mitbewerbers liegende Gründe überwiegen. Schwerbehinderte Bewerberinnen und Bewerber werden bei gleicher Eignung vorrangig eingestellt.

Ihre vollständigen Bewerbungsunterlagen richten Sie bitte über unser Online-Formular bis zum 14.04.2017  an die Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

Für weitere Auskünfte steht Ihnen Frau Prof. Dr. Anja Iseke (05261-702 5586) vorab gerne zur Verfügung.

Informationen erhalten Sie auch auf der Homepage:
https://www.hs-owl.de/fb7/laboratorien/personalmanagement.html

VHB-ProDok: Simulation Modeling for Business Research (10.-13.04.2017)

Abstract:
Business research increasingly considers wicked problems and complex dynamic systems. Analytical models of such problems and systems quickly become untraceable and unsolvable. Given increasing computational power, simulation models provide an alternative tool. They can fuel studies tracing the long-term evolution of systems and comparing the outcomes of alternative scenarios. However, successfully applying simulation modeling for business research requires expertise on applicable simulation paradigms, approaches to model validation and the analysis of stochastic results.

Date of Event:
10. – 13. April 2017

Location:
RWTH Aachen
Seminarraum 3020|03.3 – Se3
Kackertstraße 15
52072 Aachen

Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Catherine Cleophas (RWTH Aachen, School of Business and Economics)

Registration:
The deadline for registration is 30 March 2017.
Please click on the link to open the registration form: http://vhbonline.org/veranstaltungen/doktorandenprogramm/anmeldung/anmeldeformular/ or send an email to doktorandenprogramm@vhbonline.org.

VHB ProDok: “Qualitative Research Methods” (10.-13.10.2017)

Vom 10. bis 13. Oktober 2017 findet an der TU Hamburg ein VHB-ProDok Kurs zum Thema “Qualitative Research Methods” statt. Der Kurs wird von Prof. Dr. Thomas Wrona (Institut für Strategisches & Internationales Management, Technische Universität Hamburg) und Prof. Dr. Jana Costas (Personal, Arbeit & Management, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)) durchgeführt. Die Zahl der Teilnehmer ist auf 20 begrenzt. Die Teilnahmegebühr beträgt 600,- Euro. Anmeldungen werden bis zum 2. Juni 2017 an prodok@vhbonline.org erbeten.

Der Kurs wird vom Doktorandenprogramm des Verbandes der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. angeboten und hat zum Ziel, den Teilnehmern Kenntnisse über den Prozess und die Methoden qualitativer Furschungsdesigns zu vermitteln und die Eignung solcher Designs für konkrete Problemstellungen der Teilnehmer zu diskutieren.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier.

VHB-ProDok: “Philosophy of Science” (07.-10.11.2017)

Vom 7. bis 10. November 2017 findet unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Rolf Brühl (Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensethik und Controlling, ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin) und Prof. Dr. Thomas Wrona (Institut für Strategisches & Internationales Management, Technische Universität Hamburg) ein VHB-ProDok Kurs zum Thema “Philosophy of Science – Foundations and Implications for Research Designs and Research Methods” statt. Ziel des Kurses ist es, die Teilnehmer mit den wesentlichen wissenschaftstheoretischen Strömungen und ihren für die Wissenschaft wesentlichen ontologischen und epistemologischen Positionen vertraut zu machen.

Anmeldungen erfolgen über: http://vhbonline.org/veranstaltungen/prodok/anmeldung/anmeldeformular/
oder Sie senden eine Email an prodok@vhbonline.org

Die Anmeldefrist endet am 31.07.2017. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier.