Innovation is increasingly considered as an enabler of business competitive advantage. More and more organizations focus on satisfying their consumer s demand of innovative and qualitative products and services by applying both technology-supported and non technology-supported innovative methods...

Today´s demand patterns constantly claim for greener products from more sustainable supply chains. Handling these customer needs puts a constant pressure on the players: Ecological and social issues arise additionally to challenges like technology management and efficiency enhancement....

Abstract: Supply Chains oder Lieferketten sind viel beachtete und oft praktizierte Unternehmensformen, die im Vergleich zu traditionellen Strukturen eine Reihe von Vorteilen aufweisen. Ein Supply Chain Management erfordert allerdings besondere Maßnahmen, die sich aus der Zusammenarbeit von...