This book describes the potential for cooperation in supply networks as well as the use of SAP solutions in an inter-organizational context. The focus of attention lies on application from the fields of XML/EDI, Data Warehousing, Supply Chain Management, and Electronic Markets. In addition, five...

Today's trends toward increasing industry consolidation, globalization and platform product strategies underscore the importance of strategic supply chain design as a major business imperative. In parallel, Real Options theory is replacing net present value as the central paradigm for...

Standards play crucial roles in many different aspects of today's economy. They can define meanings of semantics, product interfaces, process steps, or performance levels. Interorganisational standards are specifications that define business-related semantics and processes, which are made...