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If I undertake responsibility for supervising a thesis, it would have to be with a research question regarding international resources policies and economic development. Currently, I am working on a research programme that is summarized on the page "Work in progress". This programme offers ample research avenues with a variety of different projects in International Business, in Natural Resource Eonomics, and in (new) Institutional Economics.

Additional topics of interest include

  • Ways to circumvent the resource-curse: concepts for a benign role of resources for economic development
  • Natural resource funds: using national resource wealth to improve conditions for economic development
  • Infrastructure for resources: the Chinese alternative to development aid and the procurement of natural resources
  • The role of foreign direct investments into extractive industries for economic development via technology transfer and spillovers
  • The global market for natural resources: economic implications of country and or firm-concentration
  • (including the economics of past or future export restraints of natural resources)
  • The economics of supply-interruptions/restrictions or supply-security for German/European industry with natural resources, needed for production, innovation, and growth
  • Towards a multilateral framework of supply and demand of natural resources
  • China's role in global value chains

Choosing to write your thesis within a progessing research programme has the advantage that your supervisor and fellow students are engaged in research on related topics, on a common research venture.

To give you an idea of what supervision will look like and to summarize some important hnits, se the OPAL-page Supervision by Johannes Stephan. 

 

Past topics

  • The Role of Metal Casting Technology Station for the Technological Development of SMMEs in South Africa (Bachelor thesis, 2013)
  • Der Stand der Wissenschaft bei "Infrastructure for Resources" (Projektarbeit WiIng, 2014)
  • The „Angola Mode“– The Chinese Way of Providing Official Development Assistance? (Bachelor thesis, 2014)
  • Eine Bewertung des chinesischen Engagements in Afrika: Der Infrastructure-for-Resources Swap (Projektarbeit WiIng, 2015)
  • Öl und Gas als Faktor für Schottlands Unabhängigkeit aus ökonomischer Perspektive (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)
  • Does the Norwegian oil for development programme help to avoid the resource curse in the recipient country? (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)
  • Ursachen für die Entstehung und Maßnahmen zur erfolgreichen Bekämpfung des Ressourcenfuchs (Bachelorarbeit, 2016)
  • Iran after the lifting of their economic sanctions – newfound chances or resource curse? (Bachelorarbeit, 2016)
  • Bolivia's natural resource wonder and perhaps their way out (Bachelorarbeit, 2016)
  • Die Rolle von ausländischen Direktinvestitionen für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der Mongolei (Bachelorarbeit, 2017)
  • Die Energiepolitik der USA und Donald Trump (Bachelorarbeit, 2017)
  • Implikationen der Energiewende für die Versorgungssicherheit mit Rohstoffen (Bachelorarbeit, 2019)

  • Die Auswirkung der Mitgliedschaft Vietnams in der ASEAN (Diplomarbeit, 2011)
  • The Common Economic Space - integration project between Russian Federation, Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan (Master thesis, 2012)
  • Perspectives for Foreign Investors in the Chinese Market for Solar Energy (Master thesis, 2012)
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the photovoltaic industry in emerging markets - reflections on the case of SMA's South American entry strategy (Master thesis, 2012)
  • In search for FDI-led growth effects in Central Eastern Europe (Master thesis, 2012)
  • Impact of Corporate Reporting on Inward FDI in Kenya: Case study of Publicly Listed Companies (Master thesis, 2013)
  • Competition Policy vs Open Innovation: Case of Pakistan (Master thesis, 2013)
  • Outward FDI from Central and Eastern Europe: Internationalization of Companies from Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia (Master thesis, 2013)
  • The Liberalisation of the Distance Passenger Travel Opportunities (Master thesis, 2013)
  • Oligopoly strategies for Volkswagen in the market for small electric multipurpose vans (Master thesis, 2014)
  • An Analysis of Imposing Wireless Carterfone Regulation in Germany (Master thesis, 2014)
  • Internationalization in the e-commerce - Entering new markets via affiliate marketing (Master thesis, 2014)
  • The Internationalisation Process of Innovative Technology Startups: An Application of Lean Startup Instruments  (Master thesis, 2014)
  • The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Extractive Industries for Economic Development in Ukraine (Master thesis, 2014)
  • Creating a theoretical framework to support firm-boundary decision - the case of a greenfield facility in Bahrain (Master thesis, 2014)
  • Ways to circumvent the resource-curse: concepts for a benign role of resources for economic development (Master thesis, 2014)
  • The Role of Infrastructure for Economic Development in Transition Economies – Experiences learned for Vietnam (Master thesis, 2015)
  • Market Entry Strategy for Kitchen Industry in Iran (Master thesis, 2015)
  • Implications of Renewable Energy in Bulgaria (Master thesis, 2015)
  • Resource-infrastructure swaps in Africa and their developmental implications (Master thesis, 2015)
  • The effects of export restrictions of critical resources  from mining in Indonesia (Master thesis, 2015)
  • Chinese Infrastructure Swaps: An Instrument for Economic Development? (Master thesis, 2015)
  • Does the Resource Curse knock on the door of Norway – a study of the resource dependence of the Norwegian economy (Master thesis, 2016)
  • Empowering Small Scale Famers through Sustainable Integrated Farming and Formation of Cooperatives (Master thesis, 2016)
  • International Competitiveness of China’s Labour Intensive Industry (Master thesis, 2016)
  • Determinants of China’s Real Estate Industry Outward FDI (Master thesis, 2016)
  • The role of FDI attracting policies in natural resources industries - example Alberta (Master thesis, 2017)
  • Resource-based Development in Botswana (Master thesis, 2017)
  • The Natural Curse in Colombia: How FDI and a Booming Economy Could be the Symptoms of an Economic Crisis (Master thesis, 2017)
  • Impact of Brexit on Foreign Direct Investment in the UK (Master thesis, 2017)
  • The effect of institutions on TNC’s internationalization strategies in developing and emerging markets (Master thesis, 2017)
  • The impact of the financial crisis in 2008 on the Polish Economy in terms of technological attractiveness for inward FDI (Master thesis, 2017)
  • Universal Basic Income: The Last Alternative for Welfare States? Implications for the case of Uruguay (Master thesis, 2017)
  • Internationalisation as a driver for implementation of EMS – the case of Argentina (Master thesis, 2018)
  • A gravity model analysis of regional trade in South-East Asia: Is China a Dominant Hub? (Master thesis, 2018)
  • Natural resource funds as mechanisms for avoiding the resource curse: A comparative study of Vietnam and China (Master thesis, 2019)
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy System in the Future Energy Mix of India – The Case of Tamilnadu (Master thesis, 2019)
  • Categorisation of Sovereign Wealth Funds and testing appropriateness in light of their economic objectives (Master thesis, 2019)
  • Sustainability Assessment of Product Portfolio based on Life Cycle Approach (Master thesis, 2020)
  • Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): How selection of indicators matters? (Master thesis, 2020)

  • Economic Integration and Production Structures: The Case of the EU-15 and the Central and Eastern European Countries (external examiner of doctoral thesis, 2005)
  • Competition law implementation in developing and transition countries - theoretical and empirical considerations (supervision of doctoral thesis, 2007)
  • The Impact of integration with the European Union on the international competitiveness of the food processing industry in Estonia (external examiner of doctoral thesis, 2011)
  • Systemrelevante Finanzinstitute – Systemrisiko und Regulierung im europäischen Kontext (Zweitgutachter der Dissertationsarbeit, 2016)
  • The Management of Structural Changes in Business Organisations: A study of the organisational problem from a praxeological perspective (2nd supervisor&examiner of doctoral thesis, 2016)
  • Konsumenten-Kreditinformationssysteme (Zweitgutachter der Dissertationsarbeit, 2018)
  • Optimization of Resource Management in Enterprises as an Opportunity for Business Development – with Application to Central Europe (2nd supervisor&examiner of doctoral thesis, ongoing)
  • What determines, using the new institutional economic approach, the development of the micro-insurance sector in less-developed countries, and what is its role for economic growth in such countries? (1st supervisor&examiner of doctoral thesis, 2019)

 

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