This book investigates the real process of unleashing the power of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) through Open Innovation and strategic choices. It covers the most important aspects of ICT in a nutshell and details the road to the future through business innovation. ICT, of...

In the rapidly changing business world, only a small percentage of firms are able to survive and prosper despite recessions, industrial evolutions and economic changes. An often-asked question is: What determines a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage? One of the most popular competitive...

Die Herausforderung -- Managementqualität und strategische Positionierung -- Managementqualität, Innovation und Dienstleistungen -- Rational: Innovation und revolutionäre Produkte -- Imaje: Durch Innovation von Produkten zu Dienstleistungen -- BuS: „Wir machen, was sonst niemand macht“ --...

This book showcases examples of excellent manufacturing companies who have succeeded in creating value and job growth in Western Europe. The examples show managers of industrial firms how a clearly articulated strategic position can be combined with excellent execution to achieve competitiveness...

Enterprises have to react instantly to changing market conditions and disturbances that occur during execution of value creation processes. Depending upon the processes’ context, the goal is to significantly reduce lead times, reaction times, and time-to-market, among others. The vision of a...

One of the major challenges for European governments is to solve the dilemma of increasing the security and reducing fraud in international trade, while at the same time reducing the administrative burden for commercial as well as public administration organisations. To address these conflicting...

This book explores the importance and the types of media innovation policies formulated and implemented in various European countries. Each country analysis illustrates the evolution and structure of news media markets and media cross-ownership policies in recent years and evaluates how...

In this book readers will find technological discussions on the existing and emerging technologies across the different stages of the big data value chain. They will learn about legal aspects of big data, the social impact, and about education needs and requirements. And they will discover the...

Wissen ist die zentrale Ressource von Unternehmen, welche Mitarbeiter benötigen, um innovative Produkte und Dienstleistungen entwickeln zu können. Dokumentiertes Wissen, wie Patente, Strategiemodelle, Best Practices oder Benchmark-Beschreibungen, lässt sich effizient in digitaler Form...

This book presents recent research directions that address management in the information economy. The contributors include leading researchers with interests in a diverse set of topics who highlight important areas and point to some important topics for future research. The book begins with...