* Landkreis (kommunale Selbstverwaltung, Aufgabenerfüllung)* wirtschaftliche Betätigung* privatrechtliche und öffentlich-rechtliche Organisationsformen (Schwerpunkt Eigenbetrieb)* Kommunales Management, Immobilienmanagement, Gebäudemanagement, Facility Management* Ausgliederung eines...

Despite evidence of a positive relationship between informationtechnology (IT) investments and firm performance, results still varyacross firms and performance measures. We explore two organizationalexplanations for this variation: differences in firms’ ITinvestment allocations and their IT...

The key concern in information systems research has been to have better understanding of the relationship between investment in strategic information systems (SIS) and organizational performance. Due to the nature of the variables included in the research models and the research designs...

Delta Air Lines entered e-business with much aplomb when it agreed to providePriceline.com with its excess inventory (seats on planes) in exchange for a 10% equity position.When Priceline stock soared, Delta sold part of its holding for $750 million. Delta managementrecognized that e-business...

Changing the basis of competition, e-Business means doing business electronically by bringing together buyers and sellers. The growth of e-business moves businesses from the place to the space. The familiar components of the place: cash, checks, paper reports and documents, store fronts, and...

Pacific Northwest Laboratory developed this report for the US Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Rhode Island (NUWC). The purpose of the report was to review options for metering electricity and steam used in the NUWC compound, and to make recommendations to NUWC for...

In the energy arena, the greatest data needs concern the costs and performance of demand-side management (DSM) programs, which are likely to grow in size and importance. It is difficult to assess the contributions that utility DSM programs could make to resolving national energy problems because...

The Fossil2 energy-economic model is used by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a variety of energy and environmental policy analyses. A number of improvements to the model are under way or are being considered. This report was prepared by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) to provide a...

Shared-savings incentives offer a new way for regulated utilities to improve earnings by encouraging customer energy efficiency. Benefits of cost-effective energy efficiency measures can be shared explicitly among customers participating in an utility demand-side management (DSM) program, all...

This report presents the results of Level 2 of a three-tiered evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program's Super Energy Savings Performance Contract (Super ESPC) Program. Level 1 of the analysis studied all of the Super ESPC projects for which at least one...