This paper investigates the changes along the 'TV' value chain driven by the launch and growing impact of broadcasters' VOD platforms. Firstly, it analyzes the situation in Germany, the world's 4th largest TV market, and relates it to the developments in the Unites States. Secondly, the paper...

Will the future of book reading be digital? Is the printed book dead?' Questions like these have been found in various newspapers reporting on the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009. eBooks have existed for more than 20 years; their emergence has been discussed for more than a decade. The Association of...

Following a Design Science approach, at the core of this paper we propose a technically innovative parallel platform for Big Data analytics. The design of the proposed platform allows for analyzing and filtering billions of records, querying data structures with 1,000s of columns, getting...

Seit vielen Jahren ertönt der Ruf nach mehr Interdisziplinarität in Managementforschung und -lehre. Fortschreitende disziplinäre Aufspaltung in immer speziellere Teilbereiche bei gleichzeitig zunehmender Notwendigkeit zu fachübergreifender Zusammenarbeit bilden das Spannungsfeld dieses...