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Buyer‐installation of household equipment appears to reduce the inclination to purchase energy‐saving equipment. The finding demonstrates the need for special promotional effort to sell energy‐saving equipment to the do‐it‐yourself market. The finding may provide a new explanation for the inverse relation between family income and purchase of energy‐saving investment.

Research supports the efficacy of prospect theory over utility maximization for consumer investment in electricity saving equipment. The findings have implications for designing electric utility programs to promote electricity conservation. Prospect theory describes, explains and organizes consumer behavior that is contrary to consumers maximizing a stable utility function. The results are similar across three ethnic groups.

Der Europäische Binnenmarkt ist der gröt︣e der Welt. Das Wissen um die Europäische Integration ist deswegen für Studierende sehr wichtig. Das Lehrbuch führt zu Beginn in die Geschichte des europäischen Einigungsprozesses ein und stellt die institutionelle Struktur der EU vor. Europäische Politikfelder werden in Theorie und Praxis dargestellt und die Herausforderungen der Zukunft diskutiert. Die 3. Auflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet und erweitert: Sie berücksichtigt die aktuellen politischen Debatten über die Zukunft der Europäischen Union und über die Weiterentwicklung der zentralen Politikfelder. Jedes Kapitel zeichnet sich durch Lernziele, Zusammenfassungen und Literaturtipps aus. Ein Glossar rundet das Buch ab. (Verlagstext)

The concept of "quality" is quite complex and challenging. In higher education, quality might be defined very differently by the various stakeholders: the students and graduates might see quality in terms of making sure they get well-paid jobs, the academics might define quality from the perspective of being able to enter in scientific debates, the ministries might define quality in terms of the efficient use of resources for reaching certain goals. But even when such issues of clarification of meanings are solved, what are the tools which work. And what does quality mean with respect to internationalisation? A number of papers in this book address quality management from various angles, and provide food for thought for those who seek for good answers. This book is the third in a series, and assembles contributions from authors who participated in the International Deans Course, a programme for leaders in higher education from East and West Africa and Southeast Asia respectively.

This publication contains nine case studies of change processes in higher education institutions in Africa and Asia. The case studies show the wide variety of challenges higher education institutions face. Quality management has become a key issue in virtually all countries around the world. The search for strategies for faculties or smaller units is another important issue. The authors show how careful reflection on the challenges, on the options available, on benchmarking internationally can help in identifying viable ways for managing the institutional transformation.

With more than 3,000 private higher education institutions, and around 70 percent of all students in the country enrolled in them, Indonesia has a particularly large, dynamic, and diverse private higher education sector. The country's economic and political environment can be characterized as conducive to private institutions offering academic programs. At the same time, the higher education sector in the country faces enormous challenges — especially with respect to the difficulties to uphold academic standards on a broad basis. Providing a framework for this sector — one characterized by appropriate governance structures that ensure quality — is of particular importance for Indonesia. The governance-equalizer model, a well-established tool, was used to analyze how leaders of higher education institutions view governance structures in the sector in Indonesia: A survey was conducted asking them what kind of reform of governance in private higher education institutions they would suggest in order to make the system more effective. Rectors, vice rectors, and other academic leaders shared their perspectives on the role of government, stakeholders in higher education institutions, leaders of higher education institutions, and on academics as well as competition. The most important findings were a preference for the closer involvement of stakeholders and equally strong support for competitive forces within higher education too.