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Anreizfaktoren der Wissensverwertung für Universitäten und kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen
(2014)
This scientific paper identifies and describes the incentives for the utilization of knowledge for universities and small and medium-sized companies. In addition, different models " for example the Knott/Wildavsky model " are continuously adapted, created and expanded, which leads to an new integrative model. The main problem is that companies have to integrate knowledge from external sources into their operations. According to the literature, this model of open innovation is considered as inevitable in order to remain competitive. This is especially the case for small and medium-sized companies. The reasons for this are illustrated as the possibilities of a successful collaboration. Germany has a relativley high involvement in knowledge and technology transfer in international comparison. Nevertheless, a number of companies assume their insitution won´t benefit from knowledge utilization.
The literature review revealed that there is no existing model, which combines the stages of knowledge utilization with the incentives of universities and companies. This paper closes the identified gap through the created integrative model. The formulated incentive factors can help universities and companies recognizing if a cooperated research is beneficial or not.
At the beginning the basic theoretical foundations are defined based on the literature review, followed by a description of the incentive factors of knowledge exploitation. On the one hand there is a distinction between tangible and intangible incentives. On the other hand there is a segmentation of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Both are important regarding to the motivation of employees and scientists. In the end, a knowledge utilization model is presented and adapted to the present case, before proceeding with the extension of the model providing an additional perspective and adding the incentive factors.
By the procedure described an integrative model is created. It can be useful to all affected people, universities and their scientists as well as small and medium-sized companies and their employees.
Kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen stehen durch den permanenten Wandel unserer Wirtschaft [Baumann & Schulte, 2002, S. 5] immer größeren Herausforderungen gegenüber, die sie bewältigen müssen [Bullinger & Buck, 2007]. Um diesen Herausforderungen zu begegnen, muss die Organisation der Geschäftsprozesse innerhalb des Unternehmens effektiv und effizient erfolgen, damit ein möglichst hohes Maß an Transparenz erreicht werden kann.
Um eine effektivere und effizientere Unternehmenssteuerung zu gewährleisten und damit den Unternehmer entlasten zu können, sowie Transparenz zu schaffen, muss der Einsatz von zielgerichteten Methoden zur Schaffung von Kompetenzen im Bereich Prozessmanagement gerade in kleinen und mittelständischen Handwerksunternehmen im Vordergrund stehen. Diese haben aber auf Grund ihrer geringen Größe meist nicht das Know-how und die Ressourcen, sich neben den operativen Aufgaben mit den neuen Strategien der Betriebsführung zu beschäftigen [Kuiper, et al., 2012, S. 107].
Eine Möglichkeit Transparenz zu schaffen liegt in der Erhebung von Kennzahlen. In dieser Arbeit werden verschiedene Kennzahlensysteme betrachtet und ihre Eignung für den Einsatz in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen anhand von definierten Kriterien verglichen. Das Ergebnis dieses Vergleiches zeigt, dass die in der Literatur identifizierten Kennzahlensysteme für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen nicht deren Anforderungen entsprechen. Die Systeme liefern darüber hinaus nur wenige konkrete Methoden, wie Kennzahlen in KMU erhoben werden können.
Im Zuge dieser Arbeit werden auch kleine und mittelständische Handwerksunternehmen nach deren Nutzung und Wissen in Bezug auf Kennzahlen befragt. Das Ergebnis dieser Befragung zeigt, dass in den meisten Unternehmen nur sehr wenig Wissen in diesem Bereich vorhanden ist.
Auf Grundlage der Ergebnisse der vergleichenden Analyse bestehender Kennzahlensysteme aus dem ersten Teil dieser Arbeit und der Analyse der Unternehmensbefragung, wird im letzten Teil dieser Arbeit ein Vorschlag für ein prozessorientiertes Kennzahlensystem entwickelt und vorgestellt. Dieser Vorschlag für ein Kennzahlensystem ist insbesondere auf die Bedürfnisse von kleinen und mittelständischen Handwerksunternehmen ausgerichtet. Aber auch mit diesem System können nicht alle Schwierigkeiten die kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen bei der Arbeit mit Kennzahlen haben, eliminiert werden. Das System gibt eine strukturierte Vorgehensweise vor, und erläutert konkrete Maßnahmen, die zur Überwindung von Barrieren bei der effektiven Arbeit mit Kennzahlen, durchgeführt werden können.
Innovation can help a forward-looking company to rise up very quickly, furthermore, innovative products and services bring a company to a stage where it can win new segments of customers and be ahead of the competition. For their innovation process, the companies can distinguish between open and closed innovation. In this case, we will focus on open innovation and how companies share their innovation processes for the benefit of the company. They use information and innovation systems to define their innovation process, as well as, track innovative ideas and the phase of their development. There are always pros and cons when it comes to open innovation processes in an organization. We will try to look at certain examples in the business world to illustrate how good or bad an open innovation process can be for a company. In this Bachelor thesis, we will try to point out the essential criteria for an open innovation process and illustrate companies which have used open innovation processes. In some cases it went successfully and for some companies it went unsuccessfully.
Accidents annually cause high economic damages for concerned persons, companies and the state. To determine the exact costs of a damage is a challenge. Scientific studies differ from each other because of different models of calculation. Due to the fact of a low number of accidents concerning rail transport there are not many studies about how to calculate the costs an accident causes. The aim of this thesis is to give an overview about methods when dealing with these costs and to point out occurring difficulties. Generally, costs of accident can be divided in two categories. One category deals with personal injuries whereas the other focuses on material damages. Personal injuries contain material and immaterial damages. This leads to difficulties in calculation. The main aspect when dealing with personal damages is the loss of manpower, the costs of medical supply and the costs of the recovery of the legal situation. Currently there is no model of how to calculate personal damages concerning rail transport in Germany. The “Bundesamt für Straßenverkehr” developed an extensive model for calculations of costs of accident concerning traffic. It turned out that the death of people has costs round about 1.1 million euro. Severely and slightly injured people cause damages about 106,000 euro and 5,000 euro. This thesis declares that the model is important regarding different aspects of rail transport and that it is based on statistically collected key performance indicators. Furthermore, some approaches, which analyse the value of life, are mentioned. There are large derivations between them. To make a calculation of material damage the current value of the object must be respected. When dealing with the limitation of material damages the focus is on damages concerning infrastructure. In addition, railway infrastructure can be mentioned. With the help of the “Kostenkennwertekatalog” of Deutsche Bahn AG acquisitions costs for certain components of infrastructure can be determined. As a result, they offer a basis for calculating damages.
In this thesis, the methods of a feasibility study are applied to analyze whether or not the foundation of an academic based startup focusing on IT-consulting is possible. For this purpose the concept of consulting, the demand for the offering of consulting services as well as the relevant market are analyzed. Furthermore, empirical research through face-to-face interviews with IT-companies located in the region of Koblenz is utilized in order to gain further insight about the feasibility of said business venture. The result of the research is to be presented in a concrete recommendation for further actions.