Recently, several platforms for arranging credit mediation between borrowers and lenders without usage of a financial intermediary have emerged. Social lending has attracted the interest of researchers who analyzed the behavior of borrowers and lenders on these platforms. The authors examine the...

Due to decreasing hardware prices and growing standardization, RFID-systems (Radio FrequencyIdentification) are increasingly being used in global supply chains. In the beginning a simple identificationnumber was stored on the RFID tag, but meanwhile, there is a variety of applications storing...

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has proven to be a good metaheuristic for continuous optimizationproblems. In this paper we present a solution for applying the PSO to a combinatorial optimizationproblem of a real data university course timetabling problem. We first describe the...

The implementation of RFID leads to improved visibility in supply chains. However, as a consequenceof the increased data collection and enhanced data granularity, supply chain participants have to dealwith new data management challenges. In this paper, we highlight the primary characteristics of...

Moderne Verfahren der objektbegleitenden Datenhaltung stellen die Nutzer heute im Detail noch vorvielfältige Probleme. Die Probleme der Kommunikationsüberlagerung oder Abschirmung seien alsBeispiele genannt (vgl. Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik 2004, S. 90 ff.)....

Das Thema Innovationsmanagement ist von hoher Relevanz, da Innovationen sowohl betriebswirtschaftlichals auch gesamtwirtschaftlich eine große Bedeutung für die Überlebensfähigkeit und Entwicklungspotenzialevon Organisationen und Systemen und damit auch von Gesellschaftenbeigemessen wird. Die...