Die rasche Entwicklung der Internettechnologien eröffnet immer neue Möglichkeiten zur Kommunikation und Kooperation von Unternehmen. Durch die Überwindung räumlicher und zeitlicher Restriktionen können somit Geschäftsprozesse über Standort- und Unternehmensgrenzen hinweg ausgedehnt...

Innovation is increasingly considered as an enabler of business competitive advantage. More and more organizations focus on satisfying their consumer s demand of innovative and qualitative products and services by applying both technology-supported and non technology-supported innovative methods...

Today´s demand patterns constantly claim for greener products from more sustainable supply chains. Handling these customer needs puts a constant pressure on the players: Ecological and social issues arise additionally to challenges like technology management and efficiency enhancement....