Part 1. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Studying Digitalization Across Levels: An Overview and Introduction -- Part 2. Outsourcing and Multi-party Projects: Reflections and Experiences -- Chapter 2. The Early History of It Outsourcing – a Personal Reflection -- Chapter 3. How to Ensure Collective...

Chapter 1. Interview with Manfred Broy and Walter Brenner About Design Thinking and Requirements Engineering -- Chapter 2. Combining Design Thinking and Software Requirements Engineering to Create Human-centered Software-intensive Systems -- Chapter 3. From Design Thinking in Software...

Benedikt S. Höckmayr explores the unique characteristics of service systems in the digital age and provides generalizable guidelines for engineering these complex entities. The author contributes towards understanding the socio-technical mechanisms that lead to according novel digitally enabled...

Introduction -- Background: OSS development and acquisitions -- Qualitative study: How does the involvement of firms in OSS matter in the pre-acquisition phase? -- Quantitative study: The role of OSS for likelihood and timing of acquisitions -- Mixed-methods study: The effect of acquisitions on...

Digital software platforms such as iOS or Android evolve quickly. Through regular updates, their set of built-in (core) features increases. While innovation allows strengthening platforms amidst competition, it can hurt contributors when introducing core features that are already provided by...

An Approach to Describe Design Pattern Structures for Sustainable Software Products -- A Taxonomy about Information Systems Complexity and Sustainability -- Microservice-based Architecture for the Integration of Data Backends and Dashboard Applications in the Energy and EnvironmentDomains -- A...

Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer CC BY 4.0 Lizenz. Unternehmen im deutschsprachigen Raum verankern Prozessmanagement zunehmend in ihrer Organisation und richten es strategisch aus. Der Fokus liegt initial häufig auf der Schaffung von Transparenz. Doch unternehmensweite...

1. Companies and Digital Transformations -- 2. Disruptive as Usual: A Manifesto for the Digital Age -- 3. Redescovering the Fundamentals of Value Creation -- 4. Competences and Capabilities for Digital Value Creation -- 5. Enterprise Renewal and Change Management -- 6. A Tool for the Boardroom:...

1: Implications of the token economy: A taxonomy and research agenda -- 2: Recovering from blockchain missteps and myths with coopetition -- 3: Finding the right balance–political and technical decentralization in the token economy -- 4: Cryptoeconomics: Designing effective incentives and...