This book offers new insights into the theory and practice of economic airport regulation. In light of recent developments in aviation markets and policy, and the debate on airport regulation and benchmarking, it offers case studies on various aspects of economic regulation of city and regional...

Introduction and Motivation -- Underlying Technologies and Related Works -- A Hierarchical-Packaging-aware Discovery Service -- A Recursive Search Algorithm -- A Filter Algorithm to Extract the Relevant Read Events -- System Design and Implementation Considerations -- Evaluation -- Conclusion...

Kontextbezogene Systeme, d.h. Informatiksysteme, die mittels Sensortechnik ein digitales Abbild der realen Umgebung herstellen, haben ein enormes wirtschaftliches Potenzial und sind Gegenstand intensiver Forschung. Insbesondere Systeme allgegenwärtiger Datenverarbeitung werden von der...

Uncertainty is the greatest risk management faces, but it also provides enormous opportunities for value creation. Basing strategic decisions on theoretically rigorous analysis is therefore vital to long-term corporate success in an uncertain and changing marketplace. The real option approach is...

Few would doubt the potential of information technology to connect individuals, firms and organisations. Whether this will actually lead to the integration of markets and societies is a different issue. The articles collected in this book shed light on crucial considerations for the success of...

Economical and political aspects of information technology in Europe and Japan are dealt with in this book. European and Japanese technology policies, the possibilities of cooperation on all economic and business levels as well as future perspectives on world information markets from the...