This paper analyzes the potentials of Value Webs for increasing efficiency and effectivenessin the German automotive industry. Value Webs are networks of collaboratingpartners within different stages of interlinked value chains. This collaborationis enabled by innovative ICT1-supported...

Virtuelle Communities lassen sich als Gruppen von Menschen verstehen, die sich aufgrund eines gemeinsamen Interesses, eines gemeinsamen Problems oder einer gemeinsamen Aufgabe zusammenfinden und deren Mitglieder bei ihrem Interagieren unabhängig von Raum und Zeit sind. Die Schaffung von...

The purpose of this article is to show the importance of trust as a design aspect of context aware systems. We use anexample of a context aware application, identify user’s uncertainties and follow Muir’s [1] logic of a trust network toshow the relevant trust relations. Based on these...

This paper describes a single sign-on solution for the central management of health care provider’s smart cards in hospitals. The proposed approach which is expected to be an improvement over current methods is made possible through the introduction of a national healthcare telematics...