It is discussed whether hybrid strategies are beneficial or detrimental to a firm’s performance, because hybrid strategies lead to organizational tensions that arise from the simultaneous pursuit of distinct strategic activities. However, existing studies on the relationship between hybrid...

The decentralization of organizational decision authority has been shown to be complementary to Information Technology (IT) in prior research. We draw from the information processing view of organizations, the IT and de/centralization debate, and organizational learning theory to argue that IT...

Der Einsatz integrierter, datenbankgestützter Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IuK) wird zu deutlichen Veränderungen in den Waren-, Informations- und Finanzbeziehungen zwischen Unternehmen und ihren Kunden oder Lieferanten führen. Mittelfristig wird die Anwendung integrierter...

Wikipedia, Facebook und Flickr sind nur einige Beispiele erfolgreicher öffentlicher Social Software-Anwendungen. Es stellt sich zunehmend die Frage, welchen Stellenwert die Nutzung von Social Software für Unternehmen hat. Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht stellt die Ergebnisse einer Studie zum...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems (VaMoS'08), which was held from January 16-18, 2008 at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

When managing information technology (IT) infrastructure investments, companies traditionally try to evaluate the monetary costs and benefits of this information system (IS) or seek to implement prudent IT governance structures. However, when collective, cooperation-specific investments in...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the following events which were held during the Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) conference 2012 in Essen, Germany. Engineering for Sustainable Systems (RE4SuSy), Requirements Engineering Efficiency Workshop...