In the wake of Web 2.0 applications, nearly every branch is influenced by this new understanding ofthe Web. The Banking industry is facing a phenomenon called Peer to Peer Banking, where customerstend to know exactly who gets their invested money. They want to know the people behind thecredit...

Groupwareplattformen im schulischen Umfeld sind seit vielen Jahren fest im Schulalltag integriert (Stahl 2004, S. 163). Die Akzeptanz vieler Systeme leidet aber an einer umständlichen Bedienung und einem nicht bedürfnisgerechten Funktions-angebot (Jiang et al. 2005, S. 570). Zudem scheint die...

This paper introduces the possibilities of Weblogs in the context of e-learning and knowledge management. At the beginning it gives a classification of Weblogs in the context of social software. Then one tries to find a general valid definition for the research object. Based on that, main...

Recently, several platforms for arranging credit mediation between borrowers and lenders without usage of a financial intermediary have emerged. Social lending has attracted the interest of researchers who analyzed the behavior of borrowers and lenders on these platforms. The authors examine the...