Bernhard Gold

Thomas Hess

Rahild Neuburger

Arnold Picot

Alexander Benlian

Christian Hörndlein

Natalie Kaltenecker

Claudius Jablonka

Michel Schreiner

Alexander Werbik

This book takes an in-depth look at the software industry as a major factor in future global economic performance. It explores how software-based companies are a significant factor behind economic growth and serve as important bridge builders between industries. Countries with a weak and underdeveloped software industry risk being left behind in the 21st century. The book examines the case of Germany as one of the world's major industrial nations, which is facing loss of competitiveness due to its underdeveloped software sector. It shows how the German software market is characterized by a multiplicity of small and medium sized companies and exhibits a shortage of globally dominating companies. This is presented and examined in the light of Germany being a powerhouse for technologies in sectors other than the software industry. The book analyzes the current situation and future potential of the German software industry. Using empirical analysis and international case studies, it presents the status quo and offers recommendations for policy makers. It shows effective management strategies for the sustainable international growth of software-based companies. The recommendations in this book are intended to secure Germany's front seat on the express train bound for the second half of the 21st century.

Sustainable Growth Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Companies

The Internationalization of German Software-based Companies

Matthias Schumann

Peter Mertens

Freimut Bodendorf

Wolfgang König

Im Standardwerk der Wirtschaftsinformatik sind die Grundlagen strukturiert und kompakt aufbereitet: von Rechnerarchitekturen über Einsatzpotenziale bis hin zu Berufsfeldern der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Ausgehend von der Arbeitsweise des PCs, der Einbettung von Rechnern in Netzwerke sowie der Integration der verfügbaren Dienste, werden die Grundlagen des Datenmanagements sowie die Unterstützung betrieblicher Funktionen und Prozesse durch Informationsverarbeitung erläutert. Für die 11. Auflage wurden die Inhalte vollständig überarbeitetet.

Grundzüge der Wirtschaftsinformatik

Massimo Florio

Nico Grove

Johann Kranz

The complexities of financing, installing, implementing, and regulating public infrastructures, including empirical research, analytical models, and theoretical insights. Infrastructures—tangible, intangible, and institutional public facilities, from bridges to health care—are a vital precondition for economic and societal wellbeing. There has been an increasing awareness that we cannot rely on market forces for infrastructure investment and maintenance. In this volume, experts from Europe, North and South America, and Asia examine the complexities of financing, installing, implementing, and regulating public infrastructures. Their contributions span a range of methodological approaches, including historical and empirical research, analytical models, theoretical analysis, and sector and regional case studies; they consider the economics of infrastructure provisioning by government, through private-public partnerships, and privatization arrangements. The book first treats general investment, growth, and policy issues, and then offers sector-specific analyses of transportation, energy, telecommunications, and water infrastructures. The chapters cover topics that include the evolution of historical infrastructure; the relationships between the state and private finance in funding and financing infrastructure; and the relevance of infrastructure for economic growth. Contributors Julio C. Aguirre, Laure Athias, Stephen J. Bailey, Sumedha Bajar, Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay, Federico Boffa, Daniel Danau, Sumit S. Deole, Balázs Egert, Massimo Florio, Stephan Fretz, Asmae El Gallaa, Marco Giorgino, Hugh Goldsmith, Nico Grove, Markus Hofmann, Lynne Kiesling, Johann Kranz, Antonio Nunez, Arnold Picot, Michael Pollitt, Olivier Crespi Reghizzi, Martina Santandrea, Stéphane Straub, Annalisa Vinella

The Changing Role of the State

The Economics of Infrastructure Provisioning

Bernd Holznagel

Sebastian Deckers

Marc Schramm

This book delivers insights for immediate action on two levels: The management perspective addresses the economic feasibility, while the legal perspective provides municipal decision-makers with FAQ-type guidelines for the swift implementation and legal applicability of rural broadband rollout solutions.

An economic and legal feasibility analysis

Strategies for Rural Broadband

Mit der Veränderung der technisch-organisatorischen Rahmenbedingungen und der anhaltenden Entwicklung von Technologie, Märkten und individuellen Verhaltensweisen ergeben sich fundamentale Fragen, die der Münchner Kreis in seiner Mitgliederkonferenz "Digital Rights Management” mit führenden Experten aus Wissenschaft und Industrie diskutiert hat.

Digital Rights Management

The complexities of financing, installing, implementing, and regulating public infrastructures, including empirical research, analytical models, and theoretical insights.

Arnold Picot

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