Completed Master Theses
Wirtschaftswissenschaften/ Economics and Business:
• A Review on Financial Literacy
• AI and Innovation: An Analysis of US Patent Data
• Assessing Work-Life Balance from the Varieties of Capitalism Perspective: An Empirical Analysis
• Boardroom Hiring in Crisis: Evidence from Forced Director Resignations in
China
• Design Patent Analysis: The Case of Mobile Phone Applications in the USA
• Diversity in Video Game Development: An Empirical Analysis
• Effects of Personal Networks of Top Management Teams on Innovation in China
• Entrepreneurship Among Women: An Empirical Analysis on the Influence of Gender Role Beliefs
• Exploring China’s state led industrial upgrade: Evidence from foreign mergers & acquisitions in strategic emerging industries
• Exploring the Frontiers: AI’s Impact on Education
• Impacts of university and industry collaboration on SMEs innovation: Evidences from Industrial SMEs in China
• Innovation in Video Games: A Textual Analysis of Video Game Reviewers
• Innovation Performance of Family and Founder Firms: Empirical Evidence from German listed Companies
• Investigating Corporate Efforts Towards Sustainable Transformation: Is there a Need for Governmental Policies?
• Leading the Way: Evidence on female Leadership and Corporate Innovation Effort
• Lohnungleichheit: Technologie-induzierter Arbeitsmarktwandel und Job-Polarisation im Kontext des 'Varieties of Capitalism' - Ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten
• Managing the Change Towards More Sustainable Supply Chains
• Sustainable Investing in Asia? ESG Scores and Financial Performance in China, Japan, and South Korea
• Projektmanagement in komplexen Industrien – am Beispiel der Luftfahrtindustrie
• Survey Design: Innovative Business Models in the Digital Economy
• Role of Paterns as Signals for Investors: Evidence from Initial Public Offerings in Patent-Intensive Industries in the U.S.
• The Nature of Innovation: A Python-based Text Analysis of Selected Video Games
Modern East Asian Studies (MEAS):
• Academics as intermediaries in University-Industry-Collaborations (UIC) in China
• An analysis of business reports - Do translations change the content?
• Benefits and Challenges of Alternative Work Arrangements - Could the Introduction of a Four-day Workweek help Japan Overcome ist Societal Problems?
• Between Imitation and Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of Chinese Patent Collaboration
• Beyond the gender binary: A multiple case study analysis to diversity management in Japan through the lens of institutional logics.
• Business Incubation in Korean Innovation Policy: Tech Incubator Program for Startups Case Study
• Can South Korea be a Lead Market for White Goods? Testing the Lead Market Concept
• Capital Markets: Duality, Dynamics and Valuation
• Central banks, cryptocurrencies and blockchains in a cashless world – A comparative analysis of central bank digital currency projects and projects in the cryptocurrency domain
• Charismatic Leadership. A comparative analysis of Akio Toyoda´s and Elon Musk´s shareholder meetings´speeches
• Comparative Leadership in the US and Japan
• Conceptual Design for Sensitization in International Cooperation Projects within the Automobile Industry
• Conditions for digital industry emergence: a comparative study on online games industzry in China and Canada
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Japan - An analysis of translation differences in selected CSR Reports
• CSR in Japan: The influence of the CEO
• Culture, (Over-)confidence and entrepreneurial activity
• Digital Content Industries. The Role of the State in promoting Innovation
• Diversity in work teams in China
• Diversity Management in East Asia (Japan & Korea). The role of institutional Logics on Diversity Management efforts of firms in Japan and Korea. A case study comparison.
• Does foreign investment have an effect on Research and Development
• Downsizing and Outplacement Practices in Japan - Evidence from Newspaper Articles, 2007 - 2015
• Effects of Employee Stock Ownership on Corporate Performance and Wages
• Energy Challenges in Japan – Liberalization of the Electricity Market as a possible Solution?
• Exploration and Exploitation: A Case Study on the Chinese Online Gaming Industry
• Female Empowerment and Welfare of Daughters - The Role of Land Ownership and inheritance
• Financing of Startups in Japan. Empirical Evidence from Representative Survey Data
• Focusing the Poor: A Critical Analysis of Existing Targeting Tools for Microfinance Institutions in the People´s Republic of China
• Founder identity: The case of entrepreneurial companies in new digital industries
• From Feature Phone to Smartphone: Complementary Assets and Capabilities in the Repositioning Processes of Japanese Platform Providers
• From Savings to Investment: Logics of Neoliberalist Policy in Japan
• How do firms leverage open source software to become innovative?
• Infrastructure & Economic Performance. An empirical review on how infrastructure affects economic performance
• Innovation Framework and Economic Development in China and Brazil
• Innovation in the Korean and US Online Games Industries: An Analysis of the Technological Contribuition of Firms in Industry Development
• Innovation in the Korean Motion Picture Industry: Does Diversity in Main Production Teams Lead to More Novel Movies?
• Is there a link between gender diversity in top management teams and firm performance?
• Job Satisfaction - An Econometric Analysis based on the Japanese General Social Survey 2010
• Labor market mobility and innovation - A methodological review of the literature
• Market entry decisions of service firms: the case of the Japanese Anime industry
• Market Entry Strategies for Platform Businesses Entering China
• Measuring Product Dimensions in Video Games - an Automated Text Analysis Approach
• Media coverage on renewable energy development in Japan before and after 11 March 2011: the cost issue
• Mid-Career Changers in Japan - Motivation to Change Jobs and Effects on the Labor Market
• Organisational Identity of New Firms in Digital Industries
• Potentials and Barriers for the Expansion of Renewable Energy in India and Indonesia
• SDG Discourse in Japan: A Content Analysis of Japanese Newspapers
• Shadow Banking in China: How Informal financial institutions act in Institutional Voids ans enable Market Functioning for Private Entrepreneurs
• Subsidiary staffing policy in Japanese and Korean multinational corporations: Agency and resource dependence perspective
• Sustainable Investing in Asia? ESG Scores and Financial Performance in China, Japan, and South Korea
• The Competitiveness of E-Sports in Japan
• The informal economy in North Korea. Trends in the academic research
• The Persistence of Japanese Management Practices in the Digitalized Automotive Sector
• The secret of the game’s success: The role of market orientation in game development in China
• The willingness to simplify and forego consumerism - Intercultural reflections among Chinese and German students in Germany
• When is Business Planning Effective? An Empirical Analysis of Contextual Factors Impacting the Business Planning - Performance Relationship of Nascent Ventures
• Which organizational culture leads to high performance? Based on Korean organizational culture
• What makes FDI beneficial for a host country? The case of telecommunications in Hungary
Japanologie/ Japan Studies:
• Eine Überprüfung des "Varieties of Capitalism"-Ansatzes am beispiel der japanischen Biotechnologieindustrie