Malko Ebers – författare

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,7 (A-), University of Constance (Department of Management), course: Startegic Management Concepts and Cases, language: English, abstract: The Robert Mondavi Company has been one of the most innovative high quality winemakers in the US history. However during the last years the company is facing increasing competition, especially in their main segment - premium wine. The first step of this SWOT analyses is an examination of the environment the Robert Mondavi Company is settled in. Afterwards we will give an overview regarding three internal aspects: resource situation, strength and weaknesses of the value chain and core competencies. In the third part we will draw the line using the gained information of the SWOT analyses and the company s current situation to explain the recent strategies and future prospects. The leading question will be: Is the company's resource allocation and strategy still adequate to succeed the new challenges and what are possible alternatives?

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Organisation and administration - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7 (A-), University of Constance (FB Politics/Business Administration/Department for Management), course: Startegic management: concepts and cases, language: English, abstract: Since Rob Glaser founded RealNetworks in 1994 the company has been developed to one of the most innovative high quality network companies in the young history of commercial internet. One could say RealNetworks, its invent ion and development of real time internet media streaming such as videos and audio files paved the way for effective and consumer friendly use of internet content. "e;Real`s technology had become the dominant standard"e; and the company achieved an outstand ing market position and was `hot in business`. However since the last years the company is facing increasing competition. As the first step of this management analysis, I examine the environment RealNetworks Rhapsody service is settled in. Afterwards I will give an overview regarding three internal aspects: resource situation, strength and weaknesses of the value chain and core competencies. In the third part I draw the line using the gained information of the SWOT analysis and the company s current situation to explain the recent strategies and future prospect. The leading question will be: what are the key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats the company has to deal with. Is the companies resource allocation and strategy still adequate to succeed the new challenges in a rapidly changing, competitive business environment and what are possible organizational and strategic alternatives?

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, grade: A plus(1.0), Yale University (Yale department of sociology), course: Economic sociology, language: English, abstract: How could it be that the most powerful and richest nation in the world, the United States is discussing about the same failures of the health care system for decades? How a good health care system might look like and what challenges are to be overcome are additional questions this paper seeks to answer. This paper asks why the US has still not achieved a high quality medical service standard at low costs reaching all citizens, even though there were several attempts for a major structural reform over the last decades. The hypothesis guiding this paper is therefore that due to power structures and lobbying the U.S. health system has low efficacy (coverage of all citizens in a fair way) and low efficiency (the relation between costs and outcome). To answer this question one has to put it into context. Since there is an ongoing discussion with ups and downs for more than 70 years the question that comes up first is, how this peculiarity of the US case is possible? What might be the path-dependency that explains why: The United States is the only western industrialized nation that fails to provide universal coverage and the only nation where health care for the majority of the population is financed by for-profit, minimally regulated private insurance companies. (Quadango ) This paper argues that the failures of the U.S. health care system, being debated continuously over decades can t be explained just by referring to American Exceptionalism , a culture and history that favours free market regulation. Though this and other popular explanations might play a role, this paper argues that power structures in U.S. society and specifically in the health care sector better explain the current system.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Sociology - Habitation and Urban Sociology, grade: A-, Yale University (school of management), course: management of global cities, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at casting light on the hidden challenge of shrinking cities. Its main hypothesis is that in the current debate on the effects of demographic change and city management shrinking cities are widely neglected but will be a major urbanization issue in the near future. The first part 'Growth and decline of cities' presents and discusses world urbanization trends. Hereby the idea is to contrast trends of growing urbanization and population increase with the spreading phenomenon of shrinking cities. Furthermore the conditions for the rise and decline of cities are identified. Based on this more introductory part, the chapter 'Cities with a past but no future?' focuses on case studies of city shrinkage. Among the most often found cases in the literature, which are also highlighted in this paper are cities such as Detroit and Manchester.

Der Klimawandel und ein steigender globaler Energiebedarf bei endlichen Ressourcen machen einen nachhaltigen Umbau der europäischen Wirtschaft unumgänglich. Die Lösung der Energiefrage ist damit vielleicht die wichtigste Herausforderung unseres Jahrhunderts. Gegenstand des Buches ist die Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen Themen des europäischen Energiesektors. Die Verbindung juristischer, wirtschaftlicher und politikwissenschaftlicher Ansätze ermöglicht dem Leser eine multidimensionale Perspektive auf drängende energiewirtschaftliche Fragestellungen und zeigt unterschiedliche Lösungsansätze auf. Ein besonderer Fokus wird dabei auf die Energieversorgungssicherheit und das Wettbewerbsrecht gerichtet, wobei sowohl regionale als auch internationale Gesichtspunkte Beachtung finden. Ebenso werden neuste Erkenntnisse und Entwicklungen im Energiemarkt und der Energiepolitik dargestellt.