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. .

Currently, around one to two billion users are able to connect to the Internet, most of them living in the industrialized parts of the world. However, if we want to improve the quality of life of the world population with the help of access to information and education, it is necessary that in...

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...

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...

How did Capital One and Uber implement nearly identical business models, focusing on customers that are most profitable to serve? Why are Google and Amazon so valuable to us? Why are Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon so difficult for competitors to displace? And why can Google charge almost...