Especially older persons are prone to disabilities and chronic diseases. These chronic conditions pose a worldwide challenge, leading to deteriorating health, economic strain, loss of life, and a decline in the quality of life (QoL). Therefore, healthcare institutions seek to enhance their...

Blockchain-based tokens seek to overcome the friction and opaqueness of the legacy financial infrastructure in the company funding process, particularly in the early-stage and equity crowdfunding domain. While Initial Coin Offerings and Security Token Offerings proposed a solution for...

Abstract Blockchain-based tokens seek to overcome the friction and opaqueness of the legacy financial infrastructure in the company funding process, particularly in the early-stage and equity crowdfunding domain. While Initial Coin Offerings and Security Token Offerings proposed a solution for...

1. Foundations for design science methodology -- 2. Design science research -- 3. Design science methodology and design science cycle -- 4. The first phase of the design science cycle: Exploration phase -- 5. The second phase of the design science cycle: Synthesis phase -- 6. The third phase of...

Emissions from road traffic contribute to climate change. One approach to reducing the carbon footprint is providing eco-driving feedback so that drivers adapt their driving style. Research about the impact of eco-feedback on energy consumption is the basis for designing a mobile eco-driving...

A fundamental challenge in democracy is how to control civil service organizations. This challenge has been primarily addressed by creating horizontal accountability arrangements, in which independent agencies act as auditors and evaluators of civil service organizations. However, horizontal...

Regulators conduct regulatory impact analyses (RIA) to evaluate whether regulatory actions fulfill the desired goals. Although there are different frameworks for conducting RIA, they are only applicable to regulations whose impact can be measured with structured data. Yet, a significant and...

A fundamental challenge in democracy is how to control civil service organizations. This challenge has been primarily addressed by creating horizontal accountability arrangements, in which independent agencies act as auditors and evaluators of civil service organizations. However, horizontal...

Even-related potentials (ERPs) reveal that trust and distrust differ between brands and political institutions -- RACE: A Real-time Architecture for Cognitive State Estimation, Development Overview and Study in Progress -- Exploring the Role of Post-hoc Explanations in Mitigating Algorithm...

Refugee integration, one long-term solution to the large number of people fleeing their home countries, constitutes a challenge for both refugees and host societies. ICT and especially online peer groups seem promising to support this process. Building on literature demonstrating the societal...

The development of business models that boost fundamental changes in behavior to act more economically, ecologically, and socially is a challenging task because the consideration of sustainability is a multidimensional problem characterized by uncertainty and value conflicts. In order to deal...

Im Rahmen der fortschreitenden Digitalisierung ist die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Unternehmen zunehmend von der Fähigkeit abhängig, datengetriebene Geschäftsmodelle zu innovieren. Jedoch stellt dies Unternehmen vor große Herausforderungen, und so bleiben datengetriebene Geschäftsmodelle nach...

How should a cluster be designed to foster the innovativeness of its members? In this article, we view self-aware and organised clusters as "meta-organisations" which can deliberately shape their internal structures through design-based interventions. To formulate interventions for cluster...

Background: A firm's cooperative strategies are a fundamental issue in the search for business growth avenues, but a system that eases the emergence of coupled open innovation appears to be missing. Objectives: This paper describes a business networking tool to foster coupled open innovation...