Extending on a large scale DFG-financed project on the determinants of global banking, this major GLOBUS research project is now focusing on the condition for a sustainable global banking and financial system.
Project Team: Harald Sander (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) Sylvia Heuchemer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) Stefanie Kleimeier (Maastricht University) Ron Jongen (De Nederlandse Bank)
Publications: Sander, H., Kleimeier, S. and S. Heuchemer, E(M)U Effects and Global Cross-Border Banking, Economic Letters 118 (January), 2013, 91-93.
Kleimeier, S., Sander, H. and S. Heuchemer, Financial Crises and Cross-Border Banking: New Evidence, Journal of International Money and Finance, 32 (February), 2013, 884-915.
Contact: Harald Sander []
The Nexus Water-, Energy- and Food Security
GLOBUS participates in a major interdisciplinary research project funded by the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The project is expected to have a positive and sustainable impact on collaborative research strategies in applied sciences and research-based learning in Master programs, including the GlobalMBA (see link below).
A reliable supply of water, energy and food is one of the most important and closely inter-connected challenges faced by the global society. An interdisciplinary approach to analyze this "NEXUS" (see link below) receives therefore highest priority in current sustainability research. To address these issue, a collaborative research structure with a holistic view on this nexus will be established starting from 2013 at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. GLOBUS is part of this joint research project that will bundle some of the research efforts of 11 professors from different faculties and institutes. The project has won a research funding competition and will be financed by the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia through the program "FH Struktur".
The researchers will work jointly on the inter-linkages between water, energy and food. Next to publishing state-of-the-art research and contributing to technology development and implementation, the NEXUS group aims at initiating new cooperation projects with partners from industry, academia and civil society developing teaching materials, and organizing dialogue events.
Project Team: Prof. Dr. Ulf Blieske Prof. Dr. Johannes Hamhaber Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kath-Petersen Prof. Dr. Till Meinel Prof. Dr. Lars Ribbe Prof. Dr. Jackson Roehrig Prof. Dr. Harald Sander Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlüter Prof. Dr. Ingo Stadler Prof. Dr. Michael Sturm Prof. Dr. Eberhard Waffenschmidt
Contact: Contact at GLOBUS: Harald Sander [] Speaker of NEXUS: Lars Ribbe (Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and the Subtropics) []
This dissertation project investigates into business strategies for technological innovation and green growth in China. More specifically, it aims to scientifically substantiate the way in which the stipulated transition from "Made in China" to "Designed in China" is put into practice at the level of individual firms.
Project Team: Steffen Wolfer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) Geert Duysters (Eindhoven University of Technology) Harald Sander (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)
Publications: S. Sander, The Use and Usefulness of OECD's "Green Growth Diagnostics", GLOBUS Working Paper 2011-03.
S. Wolfer, H. Sander, F. Gogoll, Reverse Logistics for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in China: Application of Linear Programming to Eco-Innovation in Industry, GLOBUS Working Paper 2011-04.
S. Wolfer, H. Sander, F. Gogoll, Reverse Logistics Network Design for Recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in China: A Shanghai Case Study, in: Pintelon, L., Efendigil, T. and Shirazi, S.A.A. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Value Chain Sustainability (ICOVACS 2011), Leuven 2011, 45-58 (ISBN 978-94-6018-478-9).
Contact: Steffen Wolfer []
Best-Practices of Culturally-Aware International Graduate Business Education: Lessons from Experience
This is a joint research project of all GlobalMBA partners in order to reflect on best-practices in culturally-aware international graduate business education, to continuously evaluate the GlobalMBA program and to contribute to further improvement in graduate business education.
Project Team: Lothar Cerny (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) Andres Gallo (University of North Florida) Alojzy Nowak (Warsaw University) Jeffrey Steagall (University of North Florida) Harald Sander (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)
Publications: H. Sander and S. Heuchemer, Theorie und Praxis der Internationalisierung der Managementausbildung im Zeitalter der unvollständigen Globalisierung, in: Bauer, M., Pfeiffer-Rupp, R., Sasse, C. and Wienen, U. (Eds.): Sprache, Literatur, Kultur: Translatio delectat. Festschrift für Lothar Cerny zum 65. Geburtstag. Münster: LIT, 2011.
S. Heuchemer and H. Sander, Internationalisierung der Managementausbildung im Zeitalter der unvollständigen Globalisierung: Eine Reflexion über 10 Jahre GlobalMBA, GLOBUS Working Paper 2011-01.
J.W. Steagall, J.E. Michelman, A. Sheridan Fugard, A. Gallo, Sustaining an International MBA Program, GLOBUS Working Paper 2011-02.
Contact: Harald Sander []
Financial Integration in Southern Africa
This project explores the meaningfulness and effectiveness of strategies of countries belonging to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to integrate the financial markets and eventually create a single currency in this area.
Project Team: Harald Sander (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) Mesach Aziakpono (Rhodes University) Stefanie Kleimeier (Maastricht University)
Publications: M. Aziakpono, S. Kleimeier and H. Sander, Banking Market Integration in the SADC Countries: Evidence from Interest Rate Analyses, GLOBUS Working Paper 02/2009.
S. Kleimeier and H. Sander, Interest Rate Pass-Through in the Common Monetary Area of the SACU Countries, South African Journal of Economics 74(2), 215-229, 2006.
M. Aziakpono, S. Kleimeier and H. Sander, Banking Market Integration in the SADC Countries: Evidence from Interest Rate Analyses, Applied Economics 44:29, 2012, 3857-3876.
Contact: Harald Sander []
Cultural Differences, Trust and Economic Exchange: Exploring the Interdependencies
The project explores the impact of societal factors on international trade in goods and assets. The thrust of the project is that non-economic factors such as cultural background and legal heritage play an important role in restricting or promoting cross-border actvities. On a practical level this means that business partner may be chosen not only for economic but also for cultural proximity reason, thus militating against economic rational reasoning.
Project Team: Sylvia Heuchemer (Cologne University of Applied Sciences), Stefanie Kleimeier (Maastricht University) Harald Sander (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)
Publications: S. Heuchemer, S. Kleimeier and H. Sander, The Determinants of Cross-Border Lending in the Euro Zone, Comparative Economic Studies 51(4), 2009.
S. Heuchemer, S. Kleimeier and H. Sander. The Geography of European Cross-Border Banking: The Impact of Cultural and Political Factors, GLOBUS Working Paper 01/2009.
S. Heuchemer and H. Sander, Do cultural affinities influence international trade? in: Balimoune-Lutz, M., Nowak, A., Steagall, J. (ed.), Global Economy. Exploring new Capabilities, Elipsa, Warsaw 2007, 203-217.
Contact: Sylvia Heuchemer [] Harald Sander []
European Banking Market Integration
This is an already long-running project on the (non-) emergence of a single European banking market in the presence of the single currency which demonstrates the strong interaction between (single market) regulations, business strategies and cultural heritage.
Project Team: Harald Sander (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) Stefanie Kleimeier (Maastricht University)
Publications: S. Kleimeier and H. Sander, Integrating Europe’s Retail Banking Markets: Where Do We Stand?, CEPS Research Reports in Finance and Banking, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels 2007.
Contact: Harald Sander []
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Project Overview
Sustainability of Global Banking
The Nexus Water-, Energy- and Food Security
Eco-Innovation in China
Best-Practices of Culturally-Aware International Graduate Business Education: Lessons from Experience
Financial Integration in Southern Africa
Cultural Differences, Trust and Economic Exchange: Exploring the Interdependencies
RESEARCH 
Sustainability of Global Banking