Die Nutzung des Internet zur Vermarktung und zum Vertrieb von touristischen Produkten hat seit den neunziger Jahren ein rasantes Wachstum erfahren und dazu geführt, dass im Bereich des internetbasierten Tourismus eine besonders ausgeprägte Konkurrenzsituation zwischen den Anbietern...

VAG—a prototype animated, interactive, three-dimensional virtual environment model of a supply chain in the agribusiness sector has been developed as a CD-based game of strategy. Users (players) have to both create their supply chain by choosing the components that make it up, and then play...

VAG is a prototype animated, interactive, three-dimensional virtual environment model of a supply chain in the agribusiness sector and has been developed as a CD-based game of strategy. Users (players) have to both create their supply chain by choosing the components that make it up, and then...

Eine zentrale Herausforderung für die Fabrikplanung stellt die Bewältigung der Komplexität der Produktionsabläufe und -strukturen und ihrer gegenseitigen Beeinflussungen in einem zunehmend dynamischen Wettbewerbsumfeld dar. In diesem Umfeld, das von der Forderung nach Wandlungsfähigkeit...

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) proscribes specific levels of contaminates present in rivers and lakes in the UK, these contaminants come from a wide range of sources such as food additives present in faeces, agricultural runoff and drinking water additives such as iron dosing. Water...

This paper extends von Hippel?s (Manag. Sci. 32(7):791?805, 1986) concept of lead users to a virtual reality environment. Three lead user groups, site developers, business firms and avatars, have a synergistic role to play in extending virtual reality from a social networking platform to a...

Small construction professional services (CPS) firms are recognised as being vitally important to the UK construction industry as much of the professional capacity of the sector resides within these small practices. They rely on the capabilities of small groups of professional employees in...

Artículo de revista ; The technologies underlying money and payment systems are evolving rapidly. Both the emergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and rapid advances in traditional centralised systems are moving the technological horizon of money and payments. These trends are embodied...

Artículo de revista ; Facing the challenges and leveraging the opportunities from digitalization may require changes to the traditional business model of central banks. This paper focuses on retail payments, where changes are being rapid and highly demanded by customers worldwide. Considering...