Career studies indicate that individuals are increasingly responsible for their own careers, whic... more Career studies indicate that individuals are increasingly responsible for their own careers, which seem to be more diverse than ever. This raises a question for universities regarding how they can develop their career counselling services so that students receive the help and guidance they need to manage their careers. Previous studies show that women have more difficulties advancing in a career than men. To increase women’s career opportunities and empower them to participate in working life, ultimately increasing gender equality in society and at work, women’s career counselling at universities needs special attention. In this study, career counselling at Indian universities in different regions is analysed using a case study approach. The paper starts by describing the main obstacles to women’s career development in India, followed by a presentation of the case study results. In the case study, the following three questions are answered: What kind of career counselling services do Indian universities offer? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the universities’ career counselling services? How is gender taken into consideration in these services? This study contributes to the literature on women’s career development from the viewpoint of university career services by highlighting the often-overlooked contextual nature of the topic. Seen from a practical management viewpoint, this study offers insights into how to advance women’s employability, social mobility, wellbeing and inclusion in working life in the Indian context. Such advances can improve labour market effectiveness as well as social and economic development in India. Open-ended interviews and documentary data were used to produce the data, and content analysis was applied to analyse it. In India, it is significantly more difficult for women to advance in a career than it is for men. Many female university alumni work for only a limited time after graduation and then focus on family. It is a strength of Indian universities that they have career counselling services available and close connections with places of employment. A weakness is that, typically, little attention is paid to the gender perspective in counselling.peerReviewe
This paper aims to analyze whether an attribution of Commodity Hedge Funds could be useful for an... more This paper aims to analyze whether an attribution of Commodity Hedge Funds could be useful for an institutional investor (insurance company, pension fund). We analyze the out of sample an in-sample asset allocation effects for attributing Commodity Hedge Funds to a simple bond-equity portfolio. The data of these strategies of Funds go back until 2008 which indicates that these strategies are relatively new in comparison to other strategies. However, it is interesting to use the time since 2008, because the environment has changed significantly for institutional investors. Our contribution to the literature is to show the relative attractiveness of this new asset class for institutional investors. We found that Commodity Hedge Fund could improve the Sharpe Ratio of an investors portfolio, but the relative advantage against a Composite Hedge Fund index is limited.JEL classification numbers: G11, G15, G23, C58Keywords: Hedge fund performance, Hedge Fund Strategies, Commodity Hedge Fund...
Based on the principles of connectivism, the paper at hand demonstrates how a student centred, ou... more Based on the principles of connectivism, the paper at hand demonstrates how a student centred, output oriented learning activity can be developed, using an example of an exercise designed for two MOOCs (Massive open online courses) and their application and modification used at undergraduate level for two intercultural management classes in Graz, Austria and in New-Delhi, India. In total, more than 300 students participated on undergraduate levels in the developed learning activities in the years 2015 and 2016. The learning activity uses advertisements of different companies, which can be easily found on YouTube as learning material. Participating students in Austria and India are supposed to make their own choice of advertisements and to analyse them according to the following questions: a) How does your group understand the advertisement and how does it work for you? b) How do you think will the other side understand the same advertisements, will there be any difference to your ow...
Amplified by globalization, internationalization strategies are moving to the top of the agenda o... more Amplified by globalization, internationalization strategies are moving to the top of the agenda of higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide. While the spotlight is on first-tier institutions offering the full bundle of internationalization services, little evidence is available on how young HEIs cope with this challenge. Therefore, this chapter sets out to analyze the internationalization level of three HEIs in Austria, Chile, and Peru. The applicability of the Soderqvist (Internationalisation and Its Management at higher-Education Institutions: Applying Conceptual, Content and Discourse Analysis. Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki, 2002) internationalization model to classify HEIs according to their operational and strategic behavior in five stages shall be tested in an attempt to provide a recommendation tailored to each higher education institution (HEI) to improve its internationalization approach. An explorative qualitative research design has been applied. Based on a...
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
To establish brand love as the strongest bond between consumer and brand is a valuable target: di... more To establish brand love as the strongest bond between consumer and brand is a valuable target: different approaches explaining the antecedents of brand love can be found in literature. Concerning the outcome, most authors conclude on some positive relations towards brand loyalty, the willingness to pay a price premium and spreading positive word of mouth. Because of the growing importance of the luxury industry especially in emerging markets, this study investigates on the existence of brand love for luxury brands in the Indian market where so far, no quantitative research about brand love for luxury goods exists. The objective of this study is to research if Indian luxury brands are subject of brand love, and in case of existence, what kind of outcome is related to this phenomina. Data was collected via online questionnaire in May and June 2018. The sample was a non-probability convenience sample (n = 164) from Indian consumers. Relying on a modified model created by Carroll and Ah...
Career studies indicate that individuals are increasingly responsible for their own careers, whic... more Career studies indicate that individuals are increasingly responsible for their own careers, which seem to be more diverse than ever. This raises a question for universities regarding how they can develop their career counselling services so that students receive the help and guidance they need to manage their careers. Previous studies show that women have more difficulties advancing in a career than men. To increase women’s career opportunities and empower them to participate in working life, ultimately increasing gender equality in society and at work, women’s career counselling at universities needs special attention. In this study, career counselling at Indian universities in different regions is analysed using a case study approach. The paper starts by describing the main obstacles to women’s career development in India, followed by a presentation of the case study results. In the case study, the following three questions are answered: What kind of career counselling services do Indian universities offer? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the universities’ career counselling services? How is gender taken into consideration in these services? This study contributes to the literature on women’s career development from the viewpoint of university career services by highlighting the often-overlooked contextual nature of the topic. Seen from a practical management viewpoint, this study offers insights into how to advance women’s employability, social mobility, wellbeing and inclusion in working life in the Indian context. Such advances can improve labour market effectiveness as well as social and economic development in India. Open-ended interviews and documentary data were used to produce the data, and content analysis was applied to analyse it. In India, it is significantly more difficult for women to advance in a career than it is for men. Many female university alumni work for only a limited time after graduation and then focus on family. It is a strength of Indian universities that they have career counselling services available and close connections with places of employment. A weakness is that, typically, little attention is paid to the gender perspective in counselling.peerReviewe
This paper aims to analyze whether an attribution of Commodity Hedge Funds could be useful for an... more This paper aims to analyze whether an attribution of Commodity Hedge Funds could be useful for an institutional investor (insurance company, pension fund). We analyze the out of sample an in-sample asset allocation effects for attributing Commodity Hedge Funds to a simple bond-equity portfolio. The data of these strategies of Funds go back until 2008 which indicates that these strategies are relatively new in comparison to other strategies. However, it is interesting to use the time since 2008, because the environment has changed significantly for institutional investors. Our contribution to the literature is to show the relative attractiveness of this new asset class for institutional investors. We found that Commodity Hedge Fund could improve the Sharpe Ratio of an investors portfolio, but the relative advantage against a Composite Hedge Fund index is limited.JEL classification numbers: G11, G15, G23, C58Keywords: Hedge fund performance, Hedge Fund Strategies, Commodity Hedge Fund...
Based on the principles of connectivism, the paper at hand demonstrates how a student centred, ou... more Based on the principles of connectivism, the paper at hand demonstrates how a student centred, output oriented learning activity can be developed, using an example of an exercise designed for two MOOCs (Massive open online courses) and their application and modification used at undergraduate level for two intercultural management classes in Graz, Austria and in New-Delhi, India. In total, more than 300 students participated on undergraduate levels in the developed learning activities in the years 2015 and 2016. The learning activity uses advertisements of different companies, which can be easily found on YouTube as learning material. Participating students in Austria and India are supposed to make their own choice of advertisements and to analyse them according to the following questions: a) How does your group understand the advertisement and how does it work for you? b) How do you think will the other side understand the same advertisements, will there be any difference to your ow...
Amplified by globalization, internationalization strategies are moving to the top of the agenda o... more Amplified by globalization, internationalization strategies are moving to the top of the agenda of higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide. While the spotlight is on first-tier institutions offering the full bundle of internationalization services, little evidence is available on how young HEIs cope with this challenge. Therefore, this chapter sets out to analyze the internationalization level of three HEIs in Austria, Chile, and Peru. The applicability of the Soderqvist (Internationalisation and Its Management at higher-Education Institutions: Applying Conceptual, Content and Discourse Analysis. Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki, 2002) internationalization model to classify HEIs according to their operational and strategic behavior in five stages shall be tested in an attempt to provide a recommendation tailored to each higher education institution (HEI) to improve its internationalization approach. An explorative qualitative research design has been applied. Based on a...
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
To establish brand love as the strongest bond between consumer and brand is a valuable target: di... more To establish brand love as the strongest bond between consumer and brand is a valuable target: different approaches explaining the antecedents of brand love can be found in literature. Concerning the outcome, most authors conclude on some positive relations towards brand loyalty, the willingness to pay a price premium and spreading positive word of mouth. Because of the growing importance of the luxury industry especially in emerging markets, this study investigates on the existence of brand love for luxury brands in the Indian market where so far, no quantitative research about brand love for luxury goods exists. The objective of this study is to research if Indian luxury brands are subject of brand love, and in case of existence, what kind of outcome is related to this phenomina. Data was collected via online questionnaire in May and June 2018. The sample was a non-probability convenience sample (n = 164) from Indian consumers. Relying on a modified model created by Carroll and Ah...
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