Cover -- Zum Inhalt/Über die Autoren -- Titel -- Impressum -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Ein Plan, um zu den High Performern aufzuschließen -- Ignorieren Sie nicht die wissenschaftlichen Aspekte in diesem Buch -- Kurzübersicht: Kompetenzen Für Verbesserungen -- Einleitung -- TEIL I - UNSERE...

"This book cover topics pertaining to various aspects of the development and application of information systems in different fields. It also explores the development and application of decision-making/prediction modelling frameworks using different approaches such as agent-based modelling,...

Government policy makers have been confronted with requests by various lobbying groups to “level the playing field” for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developers through policies that would remove the ability of patent holders to seek royalties for the use of their technologies in...

Platform-mediated networks encompass several distinct types of participants, including end users, complementors, platform providers who facilitate users' access to complements, and sponsors who develop platform technologies. Each of these roles can be opened - that is, structured to encourage...

The growing adoption of outsourcing and offshoring concepts is presenting new opportunities for distributed software development. Inspired by the paradigm of round-the-clock manufacturing, the concept of the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory (24HrKF) attempts to make similar transformation in the arena...

This paper analyses the impacts of the recent discussion to extend patentability to computer-implemented inventions, i.e. to allow software patents, in Europe. Based on two surveys among the German software sector referring to the use and importance of IPR in the year 2000 and 2004, the analysis...

Many of them argue that the open source software is free and free from intellectual property protection clutches. This paper argues that this notion is a myth when taking into account the percentage of proprietary software usage all over the world. The governmental policies and decision to...