Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'Smart Products'

Preface to the Focus Theme Section : ‘ Smart Products ’ WOLFGANG

Recent innovations in mobile and sensor technologies allow the creation of digital representations of almost any physical entity and its parameters over time at any place. Digital representations of global environments are gained by remote sensing systems, such as satellitebased systems or video-based systems, and are used as a fundamental part of innovative services, such as Google Earth or we...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'Smart Products'

Recent innovations in mobile and sensor technologies allow the creation of digital representations of almost any physical entity and its parameters over time at any place. Digital representations of global environments are gained by remote sensing systems, such as satellitebased systems or video-based systems, and are used as a fundamental part of innovative services, such as Google Earth or we...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'E-Business Impacts Revisited'

Only a few years ago, the emergence of online markets and electronic business was expected to revolutionize market structures, supply chains and company performance. The fact that the cost of information and communication would become very low led to the assumption that markets would show increased transparency and reaction speeds would reach hitherto unknown levels. Ebusiness and its sub-categ...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'Inclusive ICT Business'

Inclusive ICT business can be defined as doing business with ICT-enabled products and services that are aimed at or take into account the market of persons at risk of social or economic exclusion. These persons include many elderly people, persons with disabilities, groups with a low income or education among whom a growing number of marginalized youngsters, persons living in remote locations o...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'eRegion Emergence and Impact'