Software producers may choose to deliver products through a community of external institutions or individuals rather than paid employees. In the model, a computer game producer with a developed “game 1” may [a] sell game 1 allowing modifications (i.e., an external community develops game 2...

Difficulties in measuring the production of software might result in significant underestimation of economic growth. The magnitude of this underestimation is likely to increase over time, if software development continues its current trajectory of making up an increasingly large share of...

Survival in the mobile age requires almost every company and organization to invest in a digital presence. At the same time, new digital security threats mean that the costs of this investment are becoming preclusive, especially for smaller firms and start-ups. This is compounded by the fact...

Electronic timekeeping is a ubiquitous feature of the modern workplace. Time and attendance software enables employers to record employees' hours worked, breaks taken, and related data to determine compensation. Sometimes this software also undermines wage and hour law, allowing bad actor...

The widespread uptake of platform strategies turns many vendors of enterprise software into curators of an ecosystem of firms that collaboratively develop and commercialize a shared technology. As a platform owner's effectiveness in integrating knowledge across ecosystem participants will...

The decision of optimum location in the construction of a logistics (warehouse & distribution) center (or similar facilities) is frequently encountered in the business environment. On a purely logistical level (assuming minimal internal political considerations), this decision must take into...

In der gegenwärtigen digitalen Transformation wird auch die Büroarbeit komplett neu organisiert. Eine zentrale Rolle spielen dabei Konzepte wie »Lean Production« und »agile Methoden«.Das Buch zeigt die Folgen dieser Entwicklung für die Arbeitswelt von Angestellten anhand von Fallstudien...