Purpose: Active product life cycle management contributes to supply chain optimization. However, in nowadays industry the high number of variants and backward loops complicate tracing the entire product lifecycle in an ERP system. Consequently, product lifecycle and corresponding...

The agri-food sector is an endless source of expansion for nourishing a vast population, but there is a considerable need to develop high-standard procedures through intelligent and innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. This paper addresses the research...

This chapter will analyse the EU Trade Secret Directive from a technological informed legal perspective. It will investigate the possibilities and scope of protection that it offers for knowledge based activities and business models. The chapter opens by restating the basic yet important fact...