This paper intends to find whether cities can significantly exert an influence on their future and partly break away from the constraints with which they have to cope. The ability of key-actors, in charge of urban development, to solve the difficulties and the various urban uncertainties which...

Purpose: In this paper, the authors investigate logistics platform strategies in the road freight market through the analysis of business models of logistics service providers (LSPs) and freight technology providers (FTPs). The purpose of this paper is to gain knowledge of emerging freight...

Internet of Things (IoT) technology transforms freight transport operations by adopting novel data-driven services and enables information sharing among actors involved in global transport chains. Mobile telematics represents emerging IoT technologies for global forwarding increasingly applied...

ZusammenfassungEtwa 18 % der CO2-Emissionen in Deutschland entstehen durch die Beheizung, Kühlung und Warmwasserbereitstellung von Gebäuden, wobei mehr als 75 % der deutschen Haushalte fossile Brennstoffe wie Erdgas und Erdöl nutzen. Der in dieser Arbeit vorgestellte SECAI (Sustainable...