Platform as a service (PaaS) solutions are changing the way how software is produced, distributed, consumed, and priced. To be competitive on the market, PaaS providers have to be aware of drivers of successful platforms and design or adjust solutions accordingly. Surprisingly, prior research...

Pioneered by Apple’s App Store, online sales channels for software applications have acquired a prominent role in the consumer software market. This success has been a catalyst for several vendors of enterprise application software, who opened their own online sales channel alongside...

Im Rahmen der Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen für Umwelt und Entwicklung im Juni 1992 in Rio de Janeiro wurde unter anderem das Übereinkommen über die biologische Vielfalt (Convention on Biological Diversity/CBD) verabschiedet. Für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist es am 21. März 1994 in...