Adolescent cancer patients have to deal with many dependencies and obligations. Very often they are torn out oftheir social environment and become isolated because of changing therapy cycles and different treatment locations.This causes significant social and economic damages. The objective of...

RFID technologies are currently considered a hot topic in the IT arena and have been described as a major enablingtechnology for automated, contactless, wireless data collection. Little is known about the perceived strategic importance ofRFID among IT decision makers, current RFID usage,...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is currently considered a hottopic in the IT arena. It is described as a major enabling technology forautomated contactless wireless data collection, and as an enabler for thereal-time enterprise, a future vision for enterprise information systems. Little...

Integrated product-service packages (hybrid products) can open new markets and target groups tocompanies. However, existing approaches to service or product development do not sufficientlyaddress simultaneous development and domain-specific issues. A very promising new field for suchbundles is...

The emerge and increasing performance of new information and communicationtechnologies (ICT) has enabled new organisational models of coordination andcooperation. Since the early nineties Virtual Organisations (VOs) as one of these newmodels have been in the focus of scientific research. Among...

This paper analyzes the potentials of Value Webs for increasing efficiency and effectivenessin the German automotive industry. Value Webs are networks of collaboratingpartners within different stages of interlinked value chains. This collaborationis enabled by innovative ICT1-supported...

Online communities can –theoretically- be described as a solution for meeting cancer patientsinformation and interaction needs. But how can such a platform for cancer patients be designed,implemented and introduced practically? Investigating this lies at the heart of the COSMOS1-Project.In...

into markets outside the country. Vice versa for foreign companies in Japan. The world’s number onemobile phone vendor Nokia is seldom recognized among the Japanese people. Japan has its own isolatedmarket within the country.There may be various reasons for this, for example, difference of...

In this paper we describe mobile virtual healthcare communities as a solution for meeting cancerpatients information and interaction needs. After an introduction into the healthcare system and itspotential starting points for virtual communities, we focus on cancer patients. We analyse...

In this paper we describe mobile virtual healthcare communities as a solution for meeting cancerpatients information and interaction needs1. After an introduction into the healthcare system and itspotential starting points for virtual communities we focus on cancer patients. We analyse...