Andreas Renner – författare

Cold has long been a fixture of Russian identity both within and beyond the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union, even as the ongoing effects of climate change complicate its meaning and cultural salience. The Russian Cold assembles fascinating new contributions from a variety of scholarly traditions, offering new perspectives on how to understand this mainstay of Russian culture and history. In chapters encompassing such diverse topics as polar exploration, the Eastern Front in World War II, and the iconography of hockey, it explores the multiplicity and ambiguity of “cold” in the Russian context and demonstrates the value of environmental-historical research for enriching national and imperial histories.

Cold has long been a fixture of Russian identity both within and beyond the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union, even as the ongoing effects of climate change complicate its meaning and cultural salience. The Russian Cold assembles fascinating new contributions from a variety of scholarly traditions, offering new perspectives on how to understand this mainstay of Russian culture and history. In chapters encompassing such diverse topics as polar exploration, the Eastern Front in World War II, and the iconography of hockey, it explores the multiplicity and ambiguity of “cold” in the Russian context and demonstrates the value of environmental-historical research for enriching national and imperial histories.

Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0, , language: English, abstract: This thesis is intended to contribute to three goals: analyse Coinbase, derive recommendations for the cryptocurrency exchange's management, potential investors, and other cryptoeconomy participants, and create a better understanding of the crypto-industry and an enhanced acceptance of cryptocurrencies. For these purposes, Coinbase was used as a single case study and analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. A Five C's analysis was applied in the qualitative part, complemented by SWOT and PESTLE analyses and Porter's Five Forces. The quantitative analysis, in turn, consisted of eleven key ratios that were compared to Nasdaq's and Intercontinental Exchange's ratios. Coinbase s Nasdaq listing is a caesura for the cryptoeconomy since it is the first listing of a major cryptocurrency exchange in the USA. Coinbase s opening share price exceeds the reference price by more than 50%, resulting in Coinbase s valuation to top the aggregated value of the two well-established, traditional exchanges Intercontinental Exchange and Nasdaq. Given this listing s significance and size under consideration of Coinbase s relatively short existence and small revenue size, the question emerges whether the valuation is caused by Coinbase s business model or the cryptocurrency hype.

Jahrhundertelang träumten europäische Seefahrer vergeblich von einer Ostroute durchs sibirische Eismeer: Willem Barents und Vitus Bering erlagen nach ihren »Entdeckungen« Spitzbergens und der Beringstraße den Strapazen ihrer Expeditionen, und selbst der erfolgsverwöhnte James Cook scheiterte an der Suche nach dem östlichen Ausgang aus den Eismassen. Die Sowjetunion erkämpfte sich den Seeweg durch den Einsatz von Eisbrechern, doch noch immer sank aus Hybris so manches Schiff.Ausgerechnet der Klimawandel öffnet nun die lange herbeigesehnte Wasserstraße – und macht sie zugleich zum Gegenstand unterschiedlichster Interessenkonflikte. Wirtschaftsraum für den Export von fossilen Rohstoffen oder Nationalpark im Sinne des Umwelt- und Klimaschutzes? Internationale Transitroute oder russisches Hoheitsgebiet?