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This monograph discusses challenges faced during the implementation of national eHealth programs. In particular, it analyzes the causes of stakeholders’ reluctance to adopt these technologies by drawing on user resistance theory and context specific variables. Taking the example of the introduction of the electronic health card (Elektronische Gesundheitskarte – eGK) technology in Germany, the book presents insights into why these programs are often lengthy, costly and have previously been met with fierce resistance from key stakeholders. It also presents a quantitative and qualitative study of individual physicians' resistance behavior towards these new eHealth technologies.
This book develops, evaluates and refines a cloud service relationship theory that explains how cloud users’ uncertainties arise in these relationships and how they can be mitigated. To that end, the book employs principal-agent theory and the concepts of bounded rationality and social embeddedness. Beyond advancing IS research, the findings presented can greatly benefit governments, IT departments and IT providers, helping them to better understand cloud service relationships and to adjust their cloud service strategies accordingly.
This comprehensive Research Handbook provides international perspectives on the role of information systems in environmental sustainability, drawing on ground-breaking research from leading scholars to predict future trends. Presenting in-depth studies which utilise a diverse range of research approaches and methods, this insightful Handbook provides a thorough examination of information systems research on environmental sustainability.
This book sheds light on the complexity of medieval German literary culture as it evolved in the course of the thirteenth century (c. 1220-1920) by analysing the attitudes of narrative poets towards the issue of authorship. It describes the various ways in which vernacular writers could address the theme of their own authorship within their literary works, and explores the tensions that arose between such authorial strategies on the one hand and their subsequent manuscript transmission on the other.
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Salome, Elektra und Der Rosenkavalier traten einst ihren Siegeszug durch die Welt von Dresden aus an, wo sie umjubelte Uraufführungen erlebt hatten. Insgesamt neun Bühnen- und dazu weitere Werke von Richard Strauss sind hier aus der Taufe gehoben worden, immer wieder stand der Komponist selbst am Pult des von ihm geliebten Orchesters. Seit den 1960er Jahren wurden in der Dresdner Lukaskirche mit der Sächsischen Staatskapelle Schallplattenaufnahmen der wesentlichen Opern in hochkarätigen Besetzungen eingespielt, zudem eine exemplarische Gesamtaufnahmeeinspielung der Orchesterwerke (Leitung: Rudolf Kempe). Volle 66 Jahre umfasste der persönliche Kontakt zwischen Strauss und „der Kapelle...
Energy storage is one of the most important enablers for the transformation to a sustainable energy supply with greater mobility. For vehicles, but also for many stationary applications, the batteries used for energy storage are very flexible but also have a rather limited lifetime compared to other storage principles. This Special Issue is a collection of articles that collectively address the following questions: What are the factors influencing the aging of different energy storage technologies? How can we extend the lifetime of storage systems? How can the aging of an energy storage be detected and predicted? When do we have to exchange the storage device? The articles cover lithium-ion batteries, supercaps, and flywheels.