Strategic management of the firm includes the strategic management of information technology in the context of business relationships. Firms do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resources needed to fulfil the mission of a...

During the past two decades, increasingly powerful and capable information technologies have made information more accessible and valuable so that it has become the prime resource for business; ahead of the traditional resources of land, labour and capital. Improved information acquisition,...

Die Dissertation thematisiert die Wirkung von Informationstechnologie in Organisationen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der motivationalen Aspekte der Organisationsmitglieder. Der theoretische Bezugsrahmen ist die Theorie der Strukturierung von Giddens und ihre Anwendung in der...

The ongoing financial and economic crisis (FEC) that started in 2007 already caused and still causes unprecedented damage for the economy worldwide. Its reasons and consequences illustrate the complex and dynamic environment in which companies act nowadays: Increasingly harmonized markets and...

Informed by the resource-based view of the firm and the strategic network theory, this thesis describes seven cases studies from the information technology and telecommunications industries. Proposed hypotheses cover three research questions on the dynamic aspects of the mentioned theoretical...

Ein empirisch belegtes Phänomen ist die steigende Anzahl strategischer Allianzen von Unternehmen, speziell in dynamischen Wettbewerbsumgebungen. Über strategische Allianzen versuchen Unternehmen, auch in einer dynamischen Wettbewerbsumwelt unter hoher Unsicherheit Wettbewerbsvorteile...

Today we live in a world that is characterized by a constantly changing environment. During the last decade, this highly volatile environment forced companies to implement strategies that identify, track and minimise the risks that entrepreneurial activity entails. Unfortunately, risks only...

Ziel und Inhalt der Arbeit ist es, auf Basis von Ressourcen und der Organisation (Koordination und Kontrolle) von Ressourcentransaktionen Erkl?rungen f?r die Generierung von Renten ?konomischer Akteure zu gewinnen. Dazu wendet sich die Arbeit folgenden Fragenkomplexen zu:1. Welche Renten- und...

The problem addressed in this paper is how to ensure data privacy concerns when data is shared between multiple organisations. In domains such as healthcare, there is a need to share privacy-sensitive data among autonomous but cooperating organisations. However, security concerns and compliance...