Living in a digital age, where all kinds of information are accessible electronically at all times, organizations worldwide struggle to keep their information assets secure. It is assumed that 50 - 70 % of overall information systems security (ISS) incidents in organizations are either directly...

Methoden des Variantenmanagement eignen sich, um dem Zielkonflikt zwischen Effizienz und Kundenindividualität zu begegnen. Die IT-Dienstleistungsindustrie sieht sich aktuell den gleichen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Daher liegt es nahe, die Konzepte und Methoden des Variantenmanagements in die...

This volume includes five self-contained chapters in the fields of public debt and fiscal transfer schemes. After an introduction to the topic, chapter 2 shows that the institutional setting of fiscal policy making needs to be considered when assessing the sustainability of fiscal policy. Using...