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...

Durch die komplexe Vernetzung verschiedenster Unternehmen in der Lieferkette zeigt sich, dass heutzutage nahezu jedes industrielle Unternehmen auf die externe Beschaffung von Gütern und Dienstleistungen angewiesen ist. Dabei hat insbesondere die Dienstleistungsbeschaffung in vergangenen Jahren...

Humanitarian relief operations rarely proceed smoothly and disruptions as, e.g., the outbreak of an epidemic or aftershocks, are common. Such situations are known as overlapping disasters. Relief organizations have to deal with the disruptions while at the same time the ongoing relief operation...

This volume contains research contributions by an international group of authors addressing innovative and technology-based approaches for logistics and supply chains. They present business models and investment options for enhanced strategic decision making as well as recent approaches for...