The twin impact of globalization and digitization is deeply affecting how technology and innovation are managed in firms. This contributed volume analyzes the changing dynamics in the interplay of technology, business and society and the resultant implications for innovation management at firm...

Einführung -- Begriffsdefinitionen für Mobile Banking -- Aktuelle Studien zum Thema Mobile Banking -- Analyse der Rahmenbedingungen -- Status quo des Mobile-Banking-Angebots -- Mobile Banking aus der Perspektive der Nutzer -- Strategische Bewertung der Untersuchungsergebnisse -- Ausblick und...

Lightweight design is regarded as a technological approach to engineer products in a more energy and material efficient- and, therefore, resource-saving way. In this sense, high-tech multi-materials, also referred to as composites, have become very popular for many decades due to their...

Frugal innovations, i.e. affordable products and services with appropriately good quality, are getting increasingly important for securing long-term competitiveness in both, the developing world and in industry nations. Nevertheless, ensuring actual implementation of technology-driven frugal...