Business-to-Business (B2B) e-business is undeniably becoming increasingly important for organizations. Organizations successfully engaging in B2B e-business benefit from reduced lead times, lower inventory levels and improved customer loyalty. However, to be successful in B2B e-business,...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the following events which were held during the Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) conference 2012 in Essen, Germany. Engineering for Sustainable Systems (RE4SuSy), Requirements Engineering Efficiency Workshop...

Open Source Software (OSS) has received wide attention from the research community, analyzing both the innovation process of software development by distributed and unrelated teams, and the market dynamics at play between free and proprietary software. Up until now, OSS adoption has been...

Free/Libre Open Source software (FLOSS) diffusion represents one of the main evolutions of the Information Technology (IT) industry in recent years. Such an approach appears exemplary in the context of a knowledge based economy, for a growing number of industrial activities, for which the scope...

Information systems (IS) are the backbone of any organization today, supporting all major business processes. This book deals with the question: how do these systems come into existence? It gives a comprehensive coverage of managerial, methodological and technological aspects...