Nachhaltiger Konsum wird zumeist mit konsumstarken Mittelschichten und dort anzutreffenden Entwicklungen einer Sharing Economy in Verbindung gebracht. Demgegenüber nimmt der Beitrag die alltäglichen Wirtschaftsweisen von Familien im Grundsicherungsbezug (Hartz IV) in den Blick. Aufgrund ihrer...

Unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have arrived in Europe over the last decade, and young Afghans account for the highest proportion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across the UK. Despite research exploring the experiences of child refugees and asylum...

[Purpose:] The purpose of this paper is to examine how access to health care for (rejected) asylum seekers in an eastern German state is structured and experienced and to consider the implications for their human rights. [Design/methodology/approach:] The paper is based on 12 in-depth interviews...

Zusammenfassung Das Verhältnis von Tourismus und Spiritualität wird in wissenschaftlichen Diskursen unterschiedlich skizziert. Die Bandbreite der Lesarten reicht von „gegensätzlich“ bis „symbiotisch“. Bei Reisen, die wie Pilgertourismus als spirituell gelten, zeigen Forscher, dass...

Zusammenfassung „Hip, Hipper, ‚Hypezig‘ – Alle lieben Leipzig“ (Die ZEIT, 2013). Eine intensive mediale Berichterstattung trifft wiederholt die Aussage, Leipzig sei jetzt „hipper“ als Berlin. Dieser Beitrag behandelt die bislang wissenschaftlich ungeklärte Frage, was eine „hippe...

The reliability of Critical Infrastructure is considered to be a fundamental expectation of modern societies. These large-scale socio-technical systems have always, due to their complex nature, been faced with threats challenging their ongoing functioning. However, increasing uncertainty in...

This study is conducted within the IS-Impact Research Track at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The goal of the IS-Impact Track is, “to develop the most widely employed model for benchmarking information systems in organizations for the joint benefit of both research and practice”...

For years the Institute of Marketing at Szent István University has been conducting research in customer and consumer behaviour. This research project focuses on which food shops retail customers choose when it comes to traditional food4. This paper briefl y summarizes qualitative fi ndings and...

This study evaluates the adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) by IT Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK. The growing popularity and acceptance of OSS continues to draw much attention in research and practice. However, researchers and IT practitioners within the UK SME sector...

This research sets out to test the proposal that if business banks were to adopt a business development process focussed upon assisting SME customers rather than concentrating upon their own ROIs and stock prices, both parties would experience significantly enhanced business outcomes in both the...