Most research projects that start to implement the so called “Internetof Things” typically use smart products and mobile devices within brick-andmortarsupermarkets for consumer-product communication at the point-of-sale.But outside the supermarket specific information collected about the...

Internet-based information sharing among different partners of the valuechain enables collaborative business. Beyond, applying ambient technologiesprovides new opportunities for gathering information ubiquitously fromvarious sources including physical objects, e.g. the movement of goods orcars,...

This chapter reviews core concepts of peer-to-peer (P2P) networking. Ithighlights the management of resources, such as bandwidth, storage,information, files, and processor cycles based on P2P networks. A modeldifferentiating P2P infrastructures, P2P applications, and P2P communitiesis...

Purpose: This paper reviews and classifies research connecting supply chain risk management (SCRM) and information technology (IT) and derives a structured proposal for fruitful research directions. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted a systematic literature review of the...