This paper applies and further develops a research model of the relationships between business model dimensions, intrinsic and extrinsic attributes of mobile services, and their perceived end-user values (Pedersen and Methlie, 2004). The model suggests a set of hypotheses on the effects of service providers’ choice of revenue model, governance form and service strategy on direct network effects...

A concise and critical review of Balmer-dominated shocks (BDSs) is presented, summarizing the state of theory and observations, including models with/without shock precursors and their synergy with atomic physics. Observations of BDSs in supernova remnants are reviewed on an object-by-object basis. The relevance of BDSs towards understanding the acceleration of cosmic rays in shocks is emphasiz...

In this paper, we study customer relationships in professional services. Focus is especially directed towards learning and personnel development services that are provided for the customer organisations. Learning and personnel development services include different kinds of courses and personnel development plans that are provided for the customer organisation and for its personnel. In business...

Sciences Corporation (CSC) is a global 9 billion dollar IT service provider whose core lines of business are management consulting, information strategy consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing services for both government and commercial sectors in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. Knowledge Management and Strategies for Development in a Rapidly Changing Globa...

Today’s Internet represents a multi-provider environment as a basis for global service delivery with a set of services, business roles, and strategies. The integration of data and telecommunication, especially for multimedia services, requires Quality-of-Service (QoS) for the transport of data. Furthermore, it demands a value-added Internet with communication and network services as well as cha...

Cloud Computing has created a paradigm shift in software development. Many developers now use the Cloud as an affordable platform on which to deploy business solutions. One outstanding challenge is the integration of different Cloud services (or resources), offered by different Cloud providers, when building a Cloud-oriented business solution. Typically each provider has a different means of de...

AAA, the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting approach for dial-up connectivity of mobile users and devices has reached a status of maturity, however, limited to a dedicated set of minor scenarios. While the commercialization of the Internet has lead to a large variety of business models based on Internet technology, the demand for standardized and efficient solutions in support of rel...

The development of new services through the integration of existing ones has gained a considerable momentum as a means to create and streamline business-to-business collaborations. Unfortunately, as Web services are often autonomous and heterogeneous entities, connecting and coordinating them in order to build integrated services is a delicate and time-consuming task. In this paper, we describe...