Arithmetically each level of human generation contributes to 6.72 generations of Computer upgrading. But, this effect could pay back to the human society only by tuning the corporate infrastructure to utilise these computer innovations optimally. The future computer electronics works towards...

Software is a potentially excludable public good. It is possible, at some cost, to exclude non-paying users from its consumption by using copyright law or technological restraints. Licensing the software under proprietary license terms makes of it a private good, licensing it under the BSD does...

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...

In this article we present results of a research we have done on the business use of Internet in The Netherlands during the period of January-October 1996. We have studied three industries: Banks & insurance, Tourism and Consultancy organizations. We have looked at the following three aspects:...

In recent years, innovation processes involve more heterogenous actors inside and outside the firm. Little is known however about the spatial impact of this organisational decomposition of innovation processes (ODIP): Does it lead to a geographical dispersion of innovation activities as well?...

This paper aims to analyze the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the development of the software industry in these countries. The study is centred on software production and IT-related services - software development, chip design and electronic devices design, computer and Internet...

This paper investigates the role of skills and the division of labor among participants in collective inventions. Our analysis draws on a large sample of projects registered at Sourceforge.net, the world's largest incubator of open source software activity. We test the hypothesis that the level...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den IKT-Sektor in Nordrhein-Westfalen anhand von Sonderauswertungen der amtlichen Statistik des Umsatzsteuerpanels sowie der Daten einer eigenen Unternehmensbefragung. Dabei erweist sich dieses Bundesland als Standort mit einem weitgehend prosperierenden...

The main purpose of the article is to motivate experts and researchers in the field of business informatics and logistics to interdisciplinary integration in order to develop a new concept of an information system that will help to strengthen a company's competitive ability. The article analyzes...

Daten entwickeln sich rapide zu einer der wichtigsten Unternehmensressourcen. Immer mehr Unternehmen stellen sich die Frage, wie sie Daten gewinnbringend in ihrem Geschäft einsetzen können. In diesem Zusammenhang werden datengetriebene Geschäftsmodelle zunehmend zu einem...