This paper introduces a newsvendor approach for capacity planning of information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular the hardware. Contrary to the reference models in computer sciences, which are primarily concerned with technical aspects and a high system utilization, this...

Collaboration in Virtual Corporations (VC) increases in importance, especially for small and medium enterprises (SME) that operate in a dynamically changing business environment. Even so, only few empirical efforts have been carried out to analyze the complex issues related to this topic. The...