World population and the number of city dwellers are steadily growing. Globalization and digitalization lead to an increased competition for skilled and creative labor and other economic resources. This is true not only for firms, but increasingly also for cities. The book elaborates on...

Part I: Challenges and Opportunities of Health Care Management in the 21st Century -- Network Management as a Strategic Option for the Boundaryless Hospital -- Cancer Care: New Value Chains Challenge German Hospital Structures -- Health Care under Market Conditions from an Ethical Point of View...

und Überblick: Die aktive Rolle von Kunden in der Wertschöpfung -- Organisation der arbeitsteiligen Wertschöpfung: Entwicklungen und Trends auf dem Weg zur interaktiven Wertschöpfung -- Interaktive Wertschöpfung in der Innovation: Open Innovation -- Interaktive Wertschöpfung in der...

Part I: New Challenges for Change (Management) -- Part II: The Role of Cooperation, Co-determination and Networks in Organizing Change -- Part III: Re-thinking Change in the Context of Open Innovation -- Part IV. Influences of Markets and Regulation on Change -- Part V. From Theory to Practice:...

Neue Informations-, Kommunikations- und Fertigungstechnologien eröffnen Unternehmen heute alternative Strategien der Wertschöpfung und tragen entscheidend zu einem Wandel der Kunden-Hersteller-Interaktion bei. Die interaktive Wertschöpfung im Sinne einer Wertschöpfungspartnerschaft zwischen...