This paper discusses a range of business model innovations taking place out-side the rail transport sector with a direct impact on rail transport. The paper also discusses business model innovations that may have been developed elsewhere but could be transferred to the rail transport sector. The...

Rising energy prices and political goals which address climate change, such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, increase the importance of using renewable energies and technologies for generating these. Since the manufac-turing industry is one of the major energy consumers in Germany,...

Die langfristigen energie- und klimapolitischen Zielsetzungen erfordern eine konsequente Ausschöpfung der vorhandenen Energieeinsparpotenziale, auch in nicht-energieintensiven Betrieben des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes. In diesem Beitrag wird auf Basis einer repräsentativen Erhebung unter rund 400...