Nobuko Inagawa has written an excellent paper on the relevance of Japanese experiences for a successful integration of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) into the world economy. Talking about the case of Japan is particularly interesting - and potentially controversial - compared...

In industrializing countries new groups of consumers with remarkable purchasing power are emerging. Representing a “new middle class” they are seen as a carrier and promoter of a so-called “western way of life” beyond the OECD countries. They are presented as having a consumerist...

An Geschäftsprozesse, speziell im Versicherungswesen, werdenim Kontext der Wert- und Kundenorientierung vielseitige Anforderungen bzgl.Standardisierung, Automatisierung und Flexibilisierung gestellt. Es stellt sichallerdings die Frage, ob schnelle und kostengünstige automatische...