Several scholars as well as industry professionals have claimed that there is a "software-biased shift" in the nature and direction of innovation in that software development is a core part of innovation activities in firms across a wide array of industries. Empirical firm-level evidence of such...

Im Rahmen der Digitalisierung entstehen dynamische Kräfte, die zukünftige Arbeitsstrukturen prägen. In der Praxis sind Unternehmen zunehmend daran interessiert, ihre eigenen Mitarbeiter in einer internen Crowd einzusetzen. Daher hat die Anwendung von internem Crowdsourcing in Unternehmen als...

Automation is gradually changing in the way communications departments work. The new issue of Communication Insights "The power of bots" summarizes the results of the research project by the University of Duisburg-Essen. The study focusses on two aspects: Chatbots: How can communications...

A key task in organization design is to group elements (e.g., roles) into sub-units (e.g., teams or departments). This task is computationally challenging as one must take into consideration a potentially large number of interdependencies between the elements. It also requires data about work...

The integration of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems, especially fuel cell systems, into buildings have attracted a lot of interest these last years. It is due to their higher efficiency, cleanliness and their capability for producing both valuable thermal energy and electricity, from a...