Risk/return management has not only evolved as one of the key success factors for enterprisesespecially in the financial services industry, but is in the times of the economic crisis initiated by thefinancial markets crucial for the survival of a company. It demands powerful and at the same...

For years, “improving business processes” has been and is the primary business priority of IT. In business process management (BPM), common criteria to evaluate the improvement of a process are time, costs, customer satisfaction and output quality. In contrast, the management of companies...

Das Management von Kundenbeziehungen gewinnt im Zuge der steigenden Relevanz,die dem Customer Relationship Managements beigemessen wird, verstärktan Bedeutung. Vor diesem Hintergrund gilt es, auch Investitionen in Kundenbeziehungenanalog zu anderen Unternehmensinvestitionen gezielt zu steuern....

Die vorliegende Arbeit ist Teil des durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Forschungsprojektes "Synchronisierte und energieadaptive Produktionstechnik zur flexiblen Ausrichtung von Industrieprozessen auf eine fluktuierende Energieversorgung (SynErgie)". Als eines der...

Europe's clean energy transition is imperative to combat climate change and represents an economic opportunity to become independent of fossil fuels. As such, the energy transition has become one of the most important, but also one of the most challenging economic and societal projects today....

When talking about blockchain technology in academia, business, and society, frequently generalizations are still heared about its – supposedly inherent – enormous energy consumption. This perception inevitably raises concerns about the further adoption of blockchain technology, a fact that...