TY - RPRT A1 - Wulf, Alexander J. T1 - A Comparative Approach to the Protection of Fashion Innovations T2 - UC Berkeley Recent Work N2 - This paper determines the relevance of industrial property rights to the development of innovations in the fashion industry. It examines how the level of innovation can remain high despite a free exchange of intellectual property – fashion designs – within the industry: The importance of innovation for a fashion business in the industry is determined by the choice of it’s competitive strategy. That is, either to be an innovator who creates fashion innovations or to be an imitator who adopts them once they have proven their ability to prevail in the market. The success of innovators depends largely on their ability to react to fashion trends, reinforced by the social role of fashion products and to the extent of their potential to confer status on the owner. Thus the duration of a temporary monopoly gained by an innovation is limited not only by the market entrance of imitators – a period of time that can be prolonged by making use of industrial property rights protection – but also by the constant changes in fashion, a process barely affected by the utilization of intellectual property rights protection. A monopoly maintained by using intellectual property rights might very well not extend the product life cycle beyond the limits posed by the shifting changes of fashion; moreover, an extended life cycle maintained in these circumstances could seriously limit the innovators agility in satisfying consumer demand in line with fashion trends and provoke an inappropriate allocation of resources to developing unfashionable innovations, resulting in a much greater risk of product failure. KW - Fashion KW - Comparative Law KW - Intellectual Property Rights KW - Innovation Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-303 SP - 1 EP - 25 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Brüning, Stefan A1 - Zapotoczky, Johannes A1 - Ibach, Peter A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir T1 - Cooperative Positioning with MagicMap T2 - Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2007 (WPNC'07) N2 - We present MagicMap, a cooperative, hybrid positioning system developed at the Humboldt-University in Berlin. While most other positioning systems are limited to specific scenarios and technologies our system provides means to incorporate any available wireless networking technology. Currently, MagicMap supports WLAN, RFID, and ZigBee as wireless technologies for positioning and Linux, Windows, and Windows CE as platforms. Position calculation and exchange is based on a cooperative approach allowing an open internet community to share the required data. KW - Cooperative KW - Hybrid KW - Indoor KW - Positioning Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-695 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Price, Michael A1 - Tamm, Gerrit A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir T1 - SaaS Marketplaces - visions from theory and experience from practice T2 - Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS2012), Bangkok N2 - Cloud computing, especially Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), changes the IT processes of companies for application deployment, access, usage, maintenance, governance and management. In an age of Bring-Your-Own-Device, small businesses through to globally operating companies increasingly support their employees and customers with SaaS-applications that allow access to internal and external business information. Whether employees are in the office, at a client facility, at home or on the road, they need fast, easy access to business applications with any type of device. SaaS offers companies an interesting alternative to classical on-premise IT solutions. Cloud computing provides innovative applications, high connectivity and performance, cost reduction, flexibility and fast time to market with a minimum of effort. Cloud computing is a special form of outsourcing that has its roots in the fifties. Ten years ago similar concepts to cloud computing e.g. Application Service Providing (ASP) appeared and failed. But it seems that the willingness to use cloud computing is now much higher and the cost pressure effects of the financial crisis also motivate decision makers in companies to focus on cloud computing. This contribution presents the results of actual scientific literature investigations alongside interviews with owners of Software-as-a-Service Marketplaces. It describes several types of SaaS marketplaces using different business models to bring together customers and providers. It shows that SaaS marketplaces are two-sided and demonstrates how platforms are emerging that bundle features into significant value propositions for both sides. This work is relevant to firms who seek business solution recommendations beyond the focus of their on-premise-focussed advisors. It is also relevant for owners and potential owners of SaaS marketplaces and SaaS providers exploring alternatives in their distribution mix. KW - SaaS KW - Marketplace KW - Cloud Computing KW - Two-Sided Market Y1 - 2012 N1 - Online: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/72513/1/742586251.pdf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir A1 - Tamm, Gerrit T1 - Towards Ambient Intelligence and the Internet of Services in Healthcare N2 - The emergence of the Internet of Services and the Internet of Devices opens new possibilities for societal computung scenarios. Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a vision of an environment that puts the needs of the user in the center of the technological design process. An AmI environment consists of ubiquitous distributed devices such as sensors, displays, data memories which are embedded in everyday objects like walls, clothes, tables or the pavement. These devices are interconnected and seamlessly deliver applications and services to the user. AmI emphasizes the intelligence of the environments interfaces and the intelligence that can be achieved by correlating context information from different data sources. In this work we present an approach to transfer the AmI vision to the public services sector using the paradigm of service orientation and Cloud Computing. Based on scenarios in the healthcare sector the benefits and challenges of such transfer are presented. KW - Internet of Services KW - Internet of Devices KW - Ambient Intelligence KW - Public Services KW - Health Care Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-727 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir T1 - Service-based Systems in Clinical Environments T2 - Information Service Design Symposium 2008 N2 - In this report we present an architectural approach to add quality-of-service (QoS) assurance and location awareness to service-based systems within existing clinical infrastructures. To address typical design requirements of such systems (e.g., cooperating services, performance and availability) the work proposes a service-oriented architecture (SOA) as architectural concept and architectural translucency to provide stable QoS. We evaluate position sensing systems, QoS assurance approaches and present design principles for service-based health care applications. Furthermore, we present a clinical application scenario and an architectural approach to integrate existing infrastructure into a human centric assistance system. KW - Public Services KW - Quality of Service KW - Health Care KW - Location Awareness Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-759 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir T1 - Wissen und Technologieaffinität: Herausforderungen bei der Realisierung eines ambienten Ver- und Entsorgungssystems für die Immobilien des Landes Berlin N2 - Berlin ist eine der großen europäischen Hauptstädte mit einem breiten Angebot an öffentlichen Dienstleistungen (Public Services). 2003 hat der Berliner Senat den „Landesbetrieb für Gebäudebewirtschaftung" (LfG) gegründet, der die Facility Management Aktivitäten des Landes bündelt. Seit 2005 wird zusammen mit der TU Berlin der Einsatz innovativer Informations-technologien (IT) in diesem Bereich konsequent erweitert. Die Kombination aus einer unauffälligen (unobtrusiven) IT-Infrastruktur und einer flächendeckenden und kontextbezogenen Einsetzbarkeit wird oft als ambient bezeichnet und stellt sehr spezifische Anforderungen an die Gestaltung der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktionen. In diesem Beitrag wird die Gestaltung eines Systems für die Ver- und Entsorgung als Teil der Facility Management Aufgaben beschrieben. Ausgehend von der Beschreibung unseres Vorgehensmodells zur Erhebung der Ist-Prozesse und Usability Evaluation, werden in einem zweiten Schritt Nutzerprofile erstellt und die Ist-Prozesse um diese erweitert. Die zweite Hälfte des Beitrags beschreibt das eingeführte, ambiente Ver- und Entsorgungssystem, zusammen mit einigen Interaktionsszenarien. Abschließend erfolgt eine Evaluierung der Wirtschaftlichkeit und der Usability des Systems. N2 - Berlin is one of the major European capitals with a broad range of public services. In 2003 the „Landesbetrieb für Gebäudebewirtschaftung" (LFG) was established by the Berlin Senate, which bundles the facility management activities of the country. Since 2005 the use of innovative information technologies (IT) within this range are consistently expanded together with the TU Berlin. The combination of an inconspicuous (unobtrusive) IT infrastructure and a surface-covering and contextual applicability is often designated as ambient and makes very specific demands for the design of human-machine interactions. In this article the design of a system for the maintenance and disposal is described as a part of facility management tasks. Based on the description of our process model for the collection of the actual processes and usability evaluation, in a second step user profiles are provided and the actual processes by these are extended. The second half of the article describes the imported, ambient maintenance and disposal system, together with some interaction scenarios. Finally, an evaluation of the efficiency and usability of the system occurs. KW - Innovative Informationstechnologien KW - Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion KW - Serviceorientierte Architektur KW - Usability Evaluation KW - Ambiente Systeme Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-2645 SP - 335 EP - 338 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mejia, F. A1 - Glasberg, Ronald A1 - Tamm, Gerrit A1 - Lopez, Gabriel J. T1 - Readiness Level to adopt Smart Grid Technologies: Study for the City of Medellin N2 - The smart grid development in Latin America shows a big gap in the amount of research and development when compared with the USA and EU where the topic has been active for almost 10 years. In this context two different models and expert surveys are used in this study to evaluate the readiness level of the city of Medellin to adopt smart grid technologies. The results of this study show that the City has the utilities, the knowledge, the universities and the human resource to become a role model in the region. But an effort to integrate all the actors and impulse a common agenda is required. The utility companies need to lead this development, but regulators, academia and industry must back up this endeavor and enable Medellin to lead the power grid development of the next years in the region. KW - Power Distribution KW - Power Grids KW - Power System Economics KW - Power System Planning KW - Smart Grids Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-4577-1802-1 N1 - Volltext aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen nicht verfügbar. Fulltext due to copyright not available. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir A1 - Stantcheva, Lubomira T1 - Applying IT-Governance Frameworks for SOA and Cloud Governance T2 - Communications in Computer and Information Science N2 - Service-oriented architecture (SOA) in the enterprise was one of the key enablers for cloud computing. Therefore, it can serve as a natural fit for bringing traditional IT governance approaches forward to the challenges of cloud governance. In this work we present an approach for mapping IT governance mindsets to the aspects of SOA governance. It allows an IT organisation the adaptation and the continuous usage of already established governance models during the adoption of cloud computing solutions. We also present an application case study where we demonstrate the feasibility of the approach in real-life scenarios in the context of an international telecommunication provider. T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science - 278/1 KW - Collaborative Learning KW - Intelligent Tutoring Systems KW - Social Network Analysis Y1 - 2012 N1 - Online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280080082_Applying_IT-Governance_Frameworks_for_SOA_and_Cloud_Governance SP - 398 EP - 407 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir A1 - Tamm, Gerrit A1 - Petruch, Konstantin ED - Lytras, Miltiadis D. T1 - Simulation-Based IT Process Governance T2 - Communications in Computer and Information Science N2 - IT departments within enterprises often utilize incident management and ticketing systems. While performance data from such systems is often stored in logfiles it is rarely evaluated extensively. In this work we assess the applicability of an approach for extended evaluation of logged data from such systems. Our evaluation is focused on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and aims to discover more in-depth insights as compared to typical data visualization and dashboard techniques. We also present a practical case study where we demonstrate the feasibility of the approach using real-life logfiles from an international telecommunication provider. Our modeling methodology is based on the approach of System Dynamics. T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science - 278/2 KW - Simulation KW - IT Processes KW - IT Governance KW - Incident Management Y1 - 2012 N1 - Online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286454680_Simulation-based_IT_process_governance VL - 278 SP - 206 EP - 215 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stantchev, Vladimir A1 - Tamm, Gerrit A1 - Petruch, Konstantin T1 - Assessing and governing IT-staff behavior by performance-based simulation JF - Computers in Human Behavior N2 - When optimizing IT operations organizations typically aim to optimize resource usage. In general, there are two kinds of IT resources - IT infrastructures and IT staff. An optimized utilization of these resources requires both quantitative and qualitative analysis. While IT infrastructures can offer raw data for such analyses, data about IT staff often requires additional preparation and augmentation. One source for IT staff-related data can be provided by incident management and ticketing systems. While performance data from such systems is often stored in logfiles it is rarely evaluated extensively. In this article we propose the usage of such data sources for IT staff behavior evaluation and also present the relevant augmentation techniques. We claim that our approach is able to provide more in-depth insights as compared to typical data visualization and dashboard techniques. Our modeling methodology is based on the approach of system dynamics. We also provide formal models and simulation results where we demonstrate the feasibility of the approach using real-life logfiles from an international telecommunication provider. KW - Governance KW - IT-Staff KW - Simulation KW - Human Aspect KW - System Dynamics Y1 - 2012 N1 - Online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257252766_Assessing_and_governing_IT-staff_behavior_by_performance-based_simulation VL - 29 IS - 2 SP - 473 EP - 485 ER -