Abstract Vertrauen ist ein Kommunikationsmedium, das in den Ausprägungen persönliches und systemisches Vertrauen sowie Misstrauen in unterschiedlichen Systemtypen wirksam werden und soziale Beziehungen organisieren kann. Der Beitrag stellt Funktionen und Merkmale von Vertrauen sowie Misstrauen...

Zusammenfassung Bis vor kurzem führten touristische Reiserouten in der Regel vom globalen „Westen“ in den so genannten „Rest der Welt“. Doch was passiert, wenn Menschen aus dem globalen Osten und Süden plötzlich in der Rolle zu bedienst leistender Touristinnen vor den Türen...

This is a case study concerning technology start-up companies involved in systems thinking during new product development. It is found that systems thinking is pivotal to assisting project managers in moving a project from start to successful completion. The essence of systems thinking is...

Now that a majority of hospitals and primary care physicians have made the transition to electronic health record (EHR) systems, realizing value from this investment has become a major issue. The issue raises two key questions: Why do so many EHR implementations continue to fall short of...

Technology is responsible for major systemic changes within the global financial sector in general and particularly in the trade in financial products. The global financial sector has already developed into a comprehensive network of mutually connected people and computers that are constantly...

The growing demand of new technology is impulsively observing the introduction of an innovative and computing paradigm that guarantees to profoundly affect the way we associate with PCs, electronic gadgets, mobile devices, cyber spaces, and associate peripherals. This new emerging technology,...

Health care related technology, or E-health, has the potential to lessen the impact of the growing aging population on the health care system and support older adults' preference for aging in place. However, for technologies to be adopted by older users, research is needed to understand older...