Due to the continuous growing of information exchange in the Internet, commercial web sites have started to include online tools to allow consumer interaction in them. Thus, when visiting these commercial web sites, consumers may consider not only e-retailer information (marketing communication)...

The aim of this work is to describe in detail on the current situation of outsourcing of Information Systems using the results of a survey carried out in the biggest Spanish firms. This is a longitudinal study that covers 12 years, since the current results are contrasted with those of two...

Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit Führungskompetenzen für eine erfolgreiche Digitali-sierung. Auf der Basis von Interviews mit der Führungsebene von Unternehmen unterschied-licher Eigentümerstruktur, Branche, Größe und Digitalisierung konnten drei verschiedene Kompetenztypen...

Background: Social media allow companies to create more "friendly" and personal interaction with their customers on an individual basis affecting the relationship development. Generally, people have more confidence in their friends’ recommendations. On the other hand, companies prefer this...

Today’s business environment is more dynamic due to vast technological growth. This growth is most visible in the IT industry. Efficiency, together with work-life balance, is found to be one of the most important factors of success at workplace. Positive impacts of work-life balance include:...

During the recent period, the scientific literature has highlighted the role of E-commerce in business development and growth. In this article we revisit the specifics of E-commerce adoption, focusing on the case of Romanian SMEs. Using the online questionnaire survey method and the principal...

In this paper we offer an alternative framework for examining why risk matters in the decisions of economic agents, and how the agent's risk attitude affects his decisions. This 'Threshold Theory' framework is based on a real options approach and the observation that in many situations an agent...

Research background. The analysis of the funding gap for SMEs and loan and guarantee funds' capability to fill this gap has been undertaken to assess the instruments used in Poland which are focused on the development of entrepreneurship. Methodology/methods. The funding gap for small and...

The field of agent-based systems as part of the Artificial Intelligence domain is, now-a-days, quite popular. There are specialized technologies required for building software agents and it should be communicative, capable, autonomous and adaptive. In fact, these are the key characteristics...

This report is an overview to the presentations and discussions in the seminar Survival or performance? Healthcare viewed through organization, information management, and personnel held on 3.9.2012. The seminar provided an interdisciplinary forum for the question how the health care system may...