Information technology (IT) is enabling large companies and particularly banking firms tocreate new forms of organizations. Both globalization of markets and stronger regulationthroughout the world puts pressure on banking firms to either spend more money coordinatingbusiness activities in the...

Markets are undergoing a fundamental shift towards the end of the second millenium: inmany business branches the traditional market forms are supplemented - and in some of thembeing replaced in the long run - by new information age forms of business. Firms wanting tomeet this challenge are...