An overview of the literature on Internet social networking (ISN) is presented. The authors identify four dominant streams of research and review the key contributions to the field. The review reveals that the research field is fragmented and does not yet facilitate a general understanding of...

Mit Wissensmanagementsystemen sollen Mitarbeiter zum zielgerechten Handeln in dynamischen Märkten befähigt werden. Im praktischen Arbeitsalltag werden diese Systeme jedoch oft als Overhead empfunden. Trotz des hohen Aufwands der Entwicklung der Systeme gelingt es kaum, das geschaffene...

Information sharing is crucial for supply chains to collaborate, improve their performance, and achieve competitive advantage. Some of this sharing is done automatically but normally it involves humans and their individual willingness to share information plays an important role. Currently, the...

The paper argues that attitudes to SOA follow a typical hype cycle from Technological Trigger, Peak of Inflated Expectations, and a Trough of Disillusionment to the more recent realization that SOA is a concept that may offer certain benefits but has several limitations. The main research...

Supply risk or the likelihood of supply disruptions is emerging as a key challenge to supply chain management. The ability to identify which supplier has greater potential of a disruption is a critical first step in managing the frequency and impact of these disruptions that often significantly...

The paper analyses the household use of broadband technology and services in EU countries in an attempt to find the main reasons which explain the differences seen among countries. With the use of factor analysis, the underlying factors are identified as: (1) enablers and means; (2) the use of...

Das Ziel dieses gemeinsamen Arbeitsberichtes der Forschungsprojekte MW-KiD und ARGEPLAN ist somit, die Anpassung der MW-KiD Methode zur Abbildung web-basierter Informationssysteme sowie die Entwicklung eines geeigneten Beschreibungsinstrumentariums für die Darstellung und Analyse der...