Auch in Forschungseinrichtungen gewinnt die Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie im Wertschöpfungsprozess zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dies bedingt eine qualitativ hochwertige Entwicklung bedarfsgerechter IT-Leistungen für alle Geschäftsprozesse in diesen Einrichtungen. Der Wandel zu einer...

Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems and associated components, some of which are core to system function while others are only peripheral. The dynamics of how such “core-periphery” structures evolve and become embedded in a firm's innovation...

This paper studies the impact of technological architecture around data storage and processing on the performance of large financial corporations after being exposed to more stringent data privacy regulations. A modular approach to cloud adoption - which reflects in the lack of data...

We examine the implementation of efficient decisions about accepting a special order with asymmetric information by means of a dual transfer pricing mechanism based on Ronen and McKinney (1970). The model is designed in a simple fashion, two vertically related divisions within a firm...

Empirically, compensation systems generate substantial effort despite weak monetary incentives. We consider reciprocal motivations as a source of incentives. We solve for the optimal contract in the basic principal-agent problem and show that reciprocal motivations and explicit performance-based...