[EN]Edition Sigma

englischWork, employment and their regulation have been facing profound challenges in the digital economy. This book analyzes the resulting dynamics of autonomy and control on crowdworking platforms in an interdisciplinary perspective, which brings together law, sociology and organisation studies. [...]

englischIn the traditional philosophy of technology, the two main modus operandi found in conventional technology are categorised and described under the terms ‘control’ and ‘regulation’ as a way of differentiating between them. This occurs for two reasons: on the one hand, in order to specify the [...]

Das Problem wird die Menschheit eine unvorstellbar lange Zeit beschäftigen. Was nur wenige Generationen an hochradioaktiven Abfällen produziert haben, müssen tausende Generationen nach uns von der Umwelt möglichst sicher abschotten. Weltweit ist noch kein einziges „Endlager“ in Betrieb. Das große [...]

englischThis book conducts a multidimensional study of the phenomenon of innovation transfer using the example of wikis based on Web 2.0 within a large and complex chemical pharmaceutical company. In this context, innovation transfer is understood to be a social and organisational process used for [...]

englischHow are e-government and Internet policy organised and developed in different countries? This comprehensively revised volume answers this question and addresses the latest developments within the amended framework of digitalisation, such as cybersecurity, data protection, open government and [...]