The demands on companies, especially on their ability to innovate, have risen dramatically in recent years. Hence, the importance of partnerships, networks, clusters and ecosystems has increased. When aiming for innovation it is generally accepted that merging various skills may lead to...

Start-ups are young companies that are hardly known, especially during their early stages, by the relevant stakeholders. A start-up's website is, therefore, often the first point of contact for potential customers, investors, or partners. Such a website usually explains the new product or...

Start-ups are young companies that are hardly known, especially during their early stages, by the relevant stakeholders. A start-up's website is, therefore, often the first point of contact for potential customers, investors, or partners. Such a website usually explains the new product or...

In the current, rapidly changing environment, understanding the customer journey and continuously improving the customer experience are key success factors for competing successfully in the online business. A case study of HAILO, a German-based OEM, shows the impact of a data-driven approach and...

This paper investigates the effects of Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI) on traffic safety due to the convergence of Turkey to the European Union. Because strict and mandatory PTI were introduced in Turkey only in 2008, the effects of such an introduction can be well-studied. Other...

Aim of the exposition is to determine an institutional approach, which is enabling the market introduction of co-operative driving assistance systems. An institutional solution should ensure that adaptive adjustments to technological development also remain economically feasible. Current...

This paper investigates the effects on traffic safety and the associated economic savings of the introduction of RITEVE, the Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI) in Costa Rica. Since there were no national estimates for the costs of crashes in Costa Rica available, this study derives and...

Governments have always been playing a central role for the provision and protection of critical infrastructures (infrastructures that are essential to national stability and security, such as energy, water or transport). Over the last decade, criticism on the increasing instability and...

The article analyzes the political barriers and success potentials of action plans and directives as common instruments of the European Commission to create the single market. Creating a single European market is regularly problematic for brand new emerging markets. Unknown emerging markets in...

Is a minimum regulation efficient or not? This general question of the paper is answered by empirical evidence using cost-benefit analyses. The period technical inspection in the European Union is regulated by a minimum regulation leading to 13 different practices of roadworthiness inspection of...