This book addresses key issues related to the choice between governments regulating and enforcing society’s sustainability and social responsibility objectives, and firms reporting on their sustainable and socially responsible activities so stakeholders can exert pressure on firms to achieve...

Europe enlarged its boundaries in 2004 with the accession of ten new member states to the European Union. The creation of an effective information society is seen as critical to the global competitiveness of Europe. Based upon detailed data collection and rigorous analysis, the book presents a...

This book examines the relationship between information society and information communication technology (ICT) markets, while evaluating the ICT impact on Albanian society and its economy. It offers insights on the country’s information society development and compares it to other nations. The...

This book presents a collection of original research papers focusing on emerging issues regarding the role of information and communication technologies in organizations, inter-organizational systems, and society. It adopts an inter-disciplinary approach, allowing for the integration of...

Teil I: Die Digitalisierung von Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Handel -- Teil II: Technologien für die Digitalisierung des Handels -- Teil III: Transformation des Handels zu digitalisierten Unternehmen. .

Begrüßung -- Einführung -- World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) -- Telekommunikation und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung: Politische Erfahrung und Herausforderung -- Technologiediffusion und globale Wissensvernetzung -- Technologie- und Wissensdiffusion als Heraufsorderung an die Player am...

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the economic and technical foundations for new organizational forms, relations and processes. It provides a wide range of underlying concepts and frameworks that help the reader understand the major forces driving organizational and marketplace...