Durch Smartphones und mobile Applikationen integrieren Konsumenten zunehmend Informationssysteme in ihren Alltag. Der Beitrag deckt relevante Werthaltungen auf, die sich hinter den Motiven als Treiber von Smartphone-Nutzungsaktivitäten verbergen. Tiefeninterviews mit Konsumenten wurden auf der...

In the course of experiential computing privacy is entering personal space. Due to the implementation of all kinds of sensors and computing in everyday life of users, their privacy is at high risk. The high risk of privacy is strengthened by the classification of mobile app download decisions in...

Mobile applications are not only integral to the functioning of smart mobile devices (SMD) but also one of the most commonly used technological interfaces within smart networks of connected devices. In order to market these value propositions, companies have to understand how consumers perceive...

In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...

While in less developed and in transition economies microlending has become an efficient instrument for providing small and micro businesses with the necessary financial means, in industrialized countries, with highly developed banking systems, the existence and size of an uncovered demand for...

Die Europa-Universität Viadrina versteht sich als Brückenuniversität zwischen Polen und Deutschland; seit ihrer Gründung studieren dort polnische und deutsche Studierende gemeinsam. Wie gehen die Studierenden miteinander um, und welche Bedeutung hat die kulturelle Offenheit für die...

We investigate if pluralistic consumption styles (like frugality, or indulgence in luxuryʺ) can be identified and are correlated with different terminal values and if values and consumption styles prove to be stable or can be changed by drastic events. The results of two polls (before and after...