@misc{Schnermann2024,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Schnermann, Sophia Victoria},
  title     = {The impact of China's e-mobility development on German motor vehicle manufacturers},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-35327},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-353276},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2024},
  abstract  = {Compared to other countries, China was particularly early in developing a comprehensive set of policies to promote electric mobility (e-mobility). The aim of this study is to examine how China's e-mobility development - through changes in formal institutions as well as market forces - has affected German passenger car manufacturers and their competitive environment and positions. The study is guided by two strands of research: new institutional economics and strategic management literature. A holistic multiple-case design is used to analyze five German case study firms. Qualitative interview data are collected through interviews and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The results show that the electric transformation in China has been shaped by changes in formal institutions at the macro, meso, and micro levels. Interestingly, the case study firms were affected not only by changes in China's formal institutions but also by disparities between institutions in China and Europe. Furthermore, the data suggest that German car manufacturers are facing an increasingly competitive environment in China: at least four forces in Porter's five-forces model seem to have intensified in recent years. The extent to which the case study firms have been affected by these developments may depend on the industry segments in which they are positioned. However, it can be argued that the electric transition has blurred the lines between traditional segments of the car industry to some extent. The interview data do not provide evidence that any of the German car brands have substantially changed their positioning, but they do suggest that some of the case study companies did not have an adequate offering for the Chinese market at the time of the interviews. In addition, the study finds that China's transition to e-mobility has led to changes in various parts of the German automakers' value chains, including production, sales, marketing, services, research and development, and procurement. Whether these changes will ultimately result in competitive advantage, parity, or disadvantage remains to be seen.},
  subject      = {Institutionen{\"o}konomie},
  language  = {en}
}
@masterthesis{Schiffmann2023,
  type      = {Bachelor Thesis},
  author    = {Schiffmann, Luisa},
  title     = {Medialer Konflikt um ein kulinarisches Kulturgut: Analyse des Diskurses zur Kimchi-/Paocai-Kontroverse in ausgew{\"a}hlten chinesischen und s{\"u}dkoreanischen Onlinezeitungen},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31191},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-311919},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert die chinesisch-s{\"u}dkoreanische Kontroverse um die Herkunft von Kimchi (kimch'i 김치) beispielhaft f{\"u}r Dispute um kulturelle Eigenheiten anhand von Material aus Online-Medien. Mittels prim{\"a}r qualitativer und sekund{\"a}r auch quantitativer Methoden und einer wissenssoziologischen Diskursanalyse, die sich auf theoretische und methodische Konzepte von Agenda-Setting, Framing und Nationenbilder st{\"u}tzt, untersucht die Arbeit, welche Selbstbilder und Bilder des „Anderen" in englischsprachigen Berichten koreanischer und chinesischer Onlinezeitungen produziert werden. Besonders im Vordergrund stehen dabei die sprachlichen Mittel, argumentativen Strategien und diskursiven Praktiken, die bei der Darstellung der Ereignisse eingesetzt werden. Dabei erg{\"a}nzt die vorliegende Arbeit bisherige Forschung, die sich entweder auf die Metaebene bezieht oder aber ein nationales Publikum betrachtet, um die Perspektive des internationalen Publikums von Online-Medien. Die Untersuchung kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass ein deutlicher Unterschied in der Agenda chinesischer und koreanischer Medien besteht, und zwar sowohl hinsichtlich der Inhalte, der Argumentationsstruktur, als auch des anvisierten Publikums.},
  subject      = {Diskursanalyse},
  language  = {de}
}
@techreport{BofingerGeissendoerferHaasetal.2023,
  author    = {Bofinger, Peter and Geißend{\"o}rfer, Lisa and Haas, Thomas and Mayer, Fabian},
  title     = {Credit as an Instrument for Growth: A Monetary Explanation of the Chinese Growth Story},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-32880},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-328804},
  pages     = {148},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {This study describes the Chinese growth model over the past 40 years. We show that China's growth model, with its dominant role of the banking system and "the banker", is a perfect illustration of the necessity and power of Schumpeter's "monetary analysis". This approach has allowed us to elaborate theoretically and empirically the uniqueness of the Chinese model. In our empirical analysis, we use a new dataset of Chinese provincial data to analyze the impact of the financial system, especially banks, on Chinese economic development. We also empirically assess the role of the financial system in Chinese industrial policy and provide case studies of the effects of industrial policy in specific sectors. Finally, we also discuss macroeconomic dimensions of the Chinese growth process and lessons that can be drawn from the Chinese experience for other countries.},
  subject      = {Industriepolitik},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{Alpermann2022,
  author    = {Alpermann, Bj{\"o}rn},
  title     = {Le Xinjiang - la Chine et les Ou{\"i}ghours},
  publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press},
  address   = {W{\"u}rzburg},
  isbn      = {978-3-95826-190-7},
  doi       = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-190-7},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-283044},
  publisher      = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press},
  pages     = {X, 251},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {La situation au Xinjiang, r{\´e}gion du Nord-Ouest de la Chine, a ces derni{\`e}res ann{\´e}es suscit{\´e} une attention internationale croissante. Les rapports sur les internements massifs de Ou{\"i}ghours et d'autres groupes ethniques dans des camps de r{\´e}{\´e}ducation, le travail forc{\´e}, les st{\´e}rilisations forc{\´e}es et autres atteintes aux droits humains font la une de l'actualit{\´e} et affectent les relations entre la Chine et ceux qui la critiquent. Le gouvernement chinois, en revanche, justifie sa mani{\`e}re d'agir par la lutte contre le terrorisme, l'extr{\´e}misme islamique et le s{\´e}paratisme ethnique. << Le Xinjiang - la Chine et les Ou{\"i}ghours >> pr{\´e}sente pour la premi{\`e}re fois en fran{\c{c}}ais une analyse scientifique plus approfondie de ce sujet tr{\`e}s controvers{\´e}. La premi{\`e}re partie du livre constitue une introduction pr{\´e}gnante, claire et vivante de l'histoire complexe de la r{\´e}gion. La deuxi{\`e}me partie pr{\´e}sente l'{\´e}volution au XXIe si{\`e}cle, dressant un tableau {\`a} multiples facettes du d{\´e}veloppement {\´e}conomique, de l'identit{\´e} ethnique et de la politique linguistique et religieuse. La troisi{\`e}me partie remet en question les interpr{\´e}tations courantes du conflit au Xinjiang, analyse les protestations et les actes de terrorisme de m{\^e}me que les mesures de r{\´e}pression de l'{\´E}tat et la dimension internationale du conflit. Proche des sources, bas{\´e} sur les r{\´e}sultats de la recherche la plus r{\´e}cente et avec un souci constant de neutralit{\´e}, << Le Xinjiang - la Chine et les Ou{\"i}ghours >> offre une image {\´e}quilibr{\´e}e des conflits actuels.},
  subject      = {Sinkiang},
  language  = {fr}
}
@misc{Lan2022,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Lan, Kai-Yi},
  title     = {Gender and Medicine in the Ming Dynasty: Tan Yunxian's (1461-1556) Medical Case Book},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-28886},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-288862},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This project explores Tan Yunxian's journey of becoming a female doctor in the Ming dynasty. Among all the surviving Ming medical books, Tan Yunxian's medical case book is the only one that was written by a woman. It seems natural, considering she had both scholar-official and medical family backgrounds. Yet, social expectations consider it more suitable for a lady to remain in the household, and not treat patients outside. To legitimize Tan Yunxian's pursuit of a medical career, she applied several strategies to resolve potential criticism toward her and her family. These strategies are analyzed through her autobiographical preface in her medical case book. The project also explores Ming male literatis' perspectives toward Tan Yunxian, the factors that contributed to the preservation and publication of her medical case book, and examined her medical cases under the social-historical and micro-history contexts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Yan2022,
  author    = {Yan, Zhe},
  title     = {"I tried to control my emotions": nursing home care workers' experiences of emotional labor in China},
  series = {Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology},
  volume    = {37},
  journal   = {Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology},
  number    = {1},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10823-022-09452-4},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-324295},
  pages     = {1-22},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Despite dramatic expansions in the Chinese nursing home sector in meeting the increasing care needs of a rapidly aging population, direct care work in China remains largely devalued and socially unrecognized. Consequently, scant attention has been given to the caregiving experiences of direct care workers (DCWs) in Chinese nursing homes. In particular, given the relational nature of care work, there is little knowledge as to how Chinese DCWs manage emotions and inner feelings through their emotional labor. This article examines the emotional labor of Chinese DCWs through ethnographic data collected with 20 DCWs in one nursing home located in an urban setting in central China. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis and constant comparison. Participants' accounts of sustaining a caring self, preserving professional identity, and hoping for reciprocity revealed implicit meanings about the often-conflicting nature of emotional labor and the nonreciprocal elements of care work under constrained working conditions. Importantly, the moral-cultural notion of bao (报 norm of reciprocity) was found to be central among DCWs in navigating strained resources and suggested their agency in meaning-construction. However, their constructed moral buffers may be insufficient if emotional labor continues to be made invisible by care organizations.},
  subject      = {Gerontologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{Alpermann2021,
  author    = {Alpermann, Bj{\"o}rn},
  title     = {Xinjiang - China und die Uiguren},
  edition   = {1},
  publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press},
  address   = {W{\"u}rzburg},
  isbn      = {978-3-95826-162-4},
  doi       = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-163-1},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244128},
  publisher      = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press},
  pages     = {VI, 262},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Die Situation in Chinas nordwestlicher Region Xinjiang hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmende internationale Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Berichte {\"u}ber Masseninternierungen von Uiguren und anderen ethnischen Gruppen in Umerziehungslagern, Zwangsarbeit, Zwangssterilisation und weitere Menschenrechtsverletzungen beherrschen die Schlagzeilen und belasten die Beziehungen zwischen China und seinen Kritikern. Die chinesische Regierung rechtfertigt ihr Vorgehen hingegen als Kampf gegen Terrorismus, islamistischen Extremismus und ethnischen Separatismus. „Xinjiang - China und die Uiguren" pr{\"a}sentiert erstmalig in deutscher Sprache eine tiefergehende wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit diesem kontroversen Thema. Pr{\"a}gnant und anschaulich f{\"u}hrt der erste Teil des Buchs in die komplexe Geschichte der Region ein. Der zweite Teil stellt die Entwicklungen im 21. Jahrhundert dar. Hierbei zeigt sich ein facettenreiches Bild der sozio{\"o}konomischen Entwicklung, der ethnischen Identit{\"a}t sowie der Sprach- und Religionspolitik. Der dritte Teil hinterfragt die g{\"a}ngigen Deutungen des Xinjiang-Konflikts, analysiert Proteste und Terrorismus ebenso wie die staatlichen Repressionsmaßnahmen und die internationale Dimension der Auseinandersetzung. Quellennah, basierend auf den Ergebnissen der neuesten Forschung und in einem unaufgeregten Ton vermittelt „Xinjiang - China und die Uiguren" ein ausgewogenes Bild der aktuellen Konflikte.},
  subject      = {Sinkiang},
  language  = {de}
}
@techreport{KrauseFischer2021,
  type      = {Working Paper},
  author    = {Krause, Theresa and Fischer, Doris},
  title     = {Data as the new driver for growth? European and Chinese perspectives on the new factor of production},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-22979},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-229794},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Amidst an emerging international systemic competition between China and the Western world, China's sustained high economic growth rates, technological innovations and successful control of the corona pandemic have raised doubts over the West's systemic capabilities. In this context, data resources and regimes play an increasing role. This research note looks at data as present and future driver of innovation and economic growth in more detail. It compares the Chinese and the European perspective on data as well as their respective (planned) policy measures in order to draw tentative conclusions about their different approaches' implications.},
  subject      = {China},
  language  = {en}
}
@techreport{FischerSchaper2021,
  type      = {Working Paper},
  author    = {Fischer, Doris and Schaper, Anna-Katharina},
  title     = {Does Gender Matter for the Entrepreneurship Fairy Tale? An Analysis of Chinese Unicorn Start-ups},
  series = {CBE Research Notes},
  journal   = {CBE Research Notes},
  issn      = {2747-8661},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-24441},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244415},
  pages     = {9},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Start-up ecosystems around the world have created a large number of successful and innovative unicorn companies in recent years. Our research note focuses on the case of China and offers a global comparative perspective on the current status of Chinese unicorn start-ups and their founding structure. We identify a predominantly male unicorn founding structure and illustrate a worrying decline of female entrepreneurship in China.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Brzoska2020,
  author    = {Brzoska, Jan},
  title     = {Market forecasting in China: An Artificial Neural Network approach to optimize the accuracy of sales forecasts in the Chinese automotive market},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-20315},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-203155},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Sales forecasts are an essential determinant of operational planning in entrepreneurial organizations. However, in China, as in other emerging markets, monthly sales forecasts are particularly challenging for multinational automotive enterprises and suppliers. A chief reason for this is that conventional approaches to sales forecasting often fail to capture the underlying market dynamics. To that end, this dissertation investigates the application of Artificial Neural Networks with an implemented backpropagation algorithm as a more "unconventional" sales forecasting method. A key element of statistical modelling is the selection of superior leading indicators. These indicators were collected as part of the researcher's expert interviews with multinational enterprises and state associations in China. The economic plausibility of all specified indicators is critically explored in qualitative-quantitative pre-selection procedures. The overall objective of the present study was to improve the accuracy of monthly sales forecasts in the Chinese automotive market. This objective was achieved by showing that the forecasting error could be lowered to a new benchmark of less than 10\% in an out-of-sample forecasting application.},
  subject      = {China},
  language  = {en}
}