Hungry Bellies Have No Ears. How and Why Hunger Inhibits Sustainable Consumption

12th July 2019
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Authors: Stefan Hoffmann, Robert Mai, Wassili Lasarov, Jan Krause and Ulrich Schmidt (Ecological Economics, Vol. 160, 96-104)

While reports state that consumers are increasingly willing to consume more sustainably, no study has considered how the activation of very basic human needs, such as the state of hunger, affects sustainable food consumption. The authors expect that hungry consumers display a lower preference for sustainable food items and that this hunger-induced[…]

Nudges, Transparenz und Autonomie: eine normativ gehaltvolle Kategorisierung von Maßnahmen des Nudgings

12th July 2019
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Authors: Ludger Heidbrink and Andrea Klonschinski (Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 2018, Vol. 87(1), 15-27)

The debate on the legitimacy of nudging is hampered by the absence of a clear definition of what a nudge is. Given that the attempt to limit the term “nudge” to interventions exploiting cognitive biases has not been accepted in the literature[…]

KCG Working Paper No. 16: Foreign Direct Investment & Petty Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Empirical Analysis at the Local Level

11th July 2019
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Authors: Julian Donaubauer, Peter Kannen and Frauke Steglich

Inspired by a recent and ongoing debate about whether foreign direct investment (FDI) represents a blessing for or an impediment to economic, social, and political development in FDI host countries this paper addresses two issues[…]

KCG Researchers Joined 2019 Academy of International Business Conference in Denmark

11th July 2019
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KCG Fellow Nils Christian Hoffmann presented his recent research work “Chain of Blame: How Eastern and Western Consumers Account for Supplier Hypocrisy in Global Supply Chains” at the 2019 Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference on June 24-27 in Copenhagen, Denmark and received valuable feedback and suggestions. The paper is a joint work with Prof. Dr. Stefan Hoffmann (Kiel University and KCG) and Prof. Juelin Yin Ph.D. (Sun Yat-Sen University and KCG). Juelin Yin joined the workshop as well[…]

KCG Co-hosted the Consumer Social Responsibility Workshop in Kiel, Germany

2nd July 2019
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KCG was pleased to co-host the successful workshop “Consumer Social Responsibility” on May 23 – 24. At the workshop which took place at the Science Park (Wissenschaftspark) in Kiel, Germany, senior and junior scientists from Germany and abroad presented their ongoing related projects and discussed the scientific, social and political relevance of Consumer Social Responsibility (ConSR) and its relation to the very established concept of Corporate Social Responsibility[…]

KCG Seminar on Foreign Divestment and Innovation of Firms in China by Haiou Mao

25th June 2019
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Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) are usually considered to promote development. With their FDI projects multinational enterprises bring not only financial capital but also know-how and more advanced technologies into FDI host countries where these resources are relatively lacking. FDI also help individuals and firms in the FDI host countries to have better opportunities to be integrated into the global value chains and the world economy[…]