Throughout the past decade, the phenomenon of technological convergence has increasingly gained managerial attention. In this special form of technological change, the coming-together of previously distinct knowledge bases gives rise to the creation of new applications and business models. When...

Firms have discovered that open source (OS) communities can be valuable sources of innovation. However, the access for firms to these communities turned to be intricate. One proven way of how firms can enter OS communities is via their personnel (“men on the inside”). Focusing on...

Economic globalisation and technological change are the two issues that concerned people in the past, concern them today and will concern them in the future - all over the world, poor or rich. Traditionally, questions about allocative effects are asked: What are the labour market implications?...

This edited book focuses on growth and entrepreneurial development in rapidly developing countries in Asia-Pacific region. The book synthesizes the scholarly papers and ideas presented at the 3rd International Conference on Managing the Asian Century, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2015. It accounts...

This volume, developed in honor of Dr. Dundar F. Kocaoglu, aims to demonstrate the applications of the Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM) in different sectors and its capacity in decision analysis. It is comprised of essays from noted scholars, academics and researchers of engineering and...

This book presents strategies and practices to allow everyday companies to cope with the fundamentally changing landscape of business models and to take advantage of the huge business opportunities arising from the advent of big data. It develops several case studies from companies in...

Introduction -- Part I: Convergence and Strategic Management -- Part II: Convergence and Advertising and Marketing -- Part III: Convergence and Consumer Behavior -- Part IV: Convergence and Technology -- Part V: Convergence and Journalism -- Part VI: Future Outlook

Das 7. Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität, das im Juni 2015 an der Universität Duisburg-Essen stattfand, suchte Antworten auf Fragen nach der Entwicklung und Umsetzung neuer Verkehrskonzepte, nach neuen Fahrzeugantrieben und -systemen, neuen Produktionsverfahren und nach neuen Managementkonzepten...

Foundation of Digital Enterprise -- Technology Foundation and Talent Management for Digital Enterprise -- Digital Enterprise Strategy Planning and Implementation -- B2C Digital Enterprise: E-tailing -- E-Services -- B2B Digital Enterprise and Supply Chain -- Digital Platforms -- Digital...