Wolfgang Gerstlberger

Outsourcing and concession models as door opener for public-private partnerships in the European health sector?

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reduce the research gap in private sector participation in the Danish and German health systems, where empirical evidence is still very scarce compared with the impressive accumulation of similar literature in Anglo-Saxon countries. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the findings of two case studies – one Danish and the other, a German hospital – the paper assesses the future potential of different private sector participation strategies in health care. Findings – The assessment is that low-level private sector participation approaches such as outsourcing and concession models remain limited and specialised financing instruments for health care in Denmark and Germany due to legal restrictions and lesser importance being placed on operational financial savings and improved management than on achieving strategic goals. Furthermore, existing approaches do not necessarily prepare the ground for public-private partnerships. Research limitations/implications – To da...

Innovation in environment‐oriented networks

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline and analyze the influence of environment‐oriented cooperation on innovations as the important factor for sustainable development. The research question is how could environment‐oriented cooperation contribute to innovations in enterprises?Design/methodology/approach – For empirical research, a mix of methods is to be selected. At first, the results are obtained qualitatively and validated quantitatively afterwards. Two cooperation cases are selected: industry‐related and intersectoral cooperation.Findings – The paper explains the contribution of environment‐oriented cooperation to realize innovations by identification of the innovation‐relevant cooperation factors such as: heterogeneous constellation of the cooperation partners; specialist know‐how exchange; coordination; and importance of industry orientation. These factors are also necessary for the implementation of sustainability‐oriented innovation practices in a wider (economical, ecological and soci...

Direkte und weiterführende Nutzenpotenziale eines marktorientierten Hochschul-Wissens- und Technologietransfers

Literature in the context of (university) knowledge and technology transfer (KTT) often neglects benefit-related matters. The following article counteracts this circumstance by highlighting direct and additional, indirect benefit potentials. Hence the focus of this article does not solely lie on science-to-business marketing in the narrow sense, but indirect benefit potentials resulting from transfer activities are also examined. It is shown that on the basis of marketoriented transfers, numerous and occasionally intertwined benefit potentials can be achieved that go far beyond the transfer as a direct market activity.

The 'Green' concern in e-learning development findings from a university case study in the UK

Purpose : the paper tries to address the question of whether universities concern ‘Green’ during e-learning development. Methodology : a case study approach is chosen for establishing empirical evidence and describing the phenomenon. Findings : the paper found that the green concern did not appear at the initial stage of e-learning strategy although there is green output – reusable resource at the e-learning delivery stage. However, the diversity of cost is still a critical concern for the e-learning adoption. Originality/value : this paper shows the missing awareness of green concern in the e-learning development process, especially in the e-learning strategy.

Zur Rolle von Umweltinnovationen

Im folgenden Abschnitt wird der Bedeutung von Umweltinnovationen nachgegangen. Zunachst wird dazu der Begriff der Umweltinnovation differenziert dargestellt. Anschliesend werden Einflussfaktoren auf Umweltinnovationen naher beleuchtet und Moglichkeiten zur Gestaltung von Umweltinnovationen vorgestellt. Der letzte Abschnitt setzt sich mit den Effekten von Umweltinnovationen auf Beschaftigung und Wirtschaftswachstum auseinander.