German gloom on budget prospects

Design for a Room-Temperature Superconductor

The vision of “room-temperature superconductivity” has appeared intermittently but prominently in the literature since 1964, when W. A. Little and V. L. Ginzburg began working on the problem of high-temperature superconductivity around the same time. Since that time the prospects for room-temperature superconductivity have varied from gloom (around 1980) to glee (the years immediately after the...

Merkel's move on science

Nearly eight years ago, Science magazine published an opinion piece by a German government minister, proclaiming that " technical and scientific innovations provide excellent prospects for environmental protection. " To master the challenge of sustainable development, the minister wrote, " decision-makers require interdisciplinary approaches and strategies that cut across political lines. " Now...

Budgeting in Hungary during the Democratic Transition

The transition to democracy and a free market economy in Hungary and other Central European nations has provided a unique opportunity to study rapid change in budget systems, institutions, and policies. This article examines budgeting in Hungary since 1989, beginning with an analysis of the comparative budgeting literature in an attempt to identify an appropriate theoretical framework for the s...

Cosmology , Doom , and Gloom

How German hospitals govern IT - An empirical exploration

Health care services in German hospitals are causing immense expenses. Successful IT Governance might help to support specific challenges for every organization with an adequate use of IT. The market structure of hospitals in Germany is very heterogeneous, e.g. in size and sponsorship. This paper analyses the state of the art of IT Governance based on a survey among 220 IT executives in German ...