Volume 26 (2014), Edition 12

Complexity management is a new and major challenge, which can not be found on the standard IT controlling agenda of most companies. IT controllers are usually fully busy with IT cost and performance accounting, IT budgeting, IT investment analysis,...

Due to the personalization of products and services and getting worse predictable markets, enterprises are facing a complexity explosion. Processes and organization structures become more complex, the ability to plan and the controllability of the...

In this article, relevant aspects of IT complexity are identified, novel complexity metrics from enterprise architecture management are presented and it is outlined, how enterprise architects and controllers can optimize the long-term evolution of...

While the cloud computing market is gaining importance, it poses new challenges for cloud service providers from a cost accounting perspective. In collaboration with a cloud computing provider, we investigate how these challenges can be met using...

Methods from industrial organization and econometrics may be used to support location decisions of firms. This is particularly relevant when customer demand or strategic interactions between competitors shall be analyzed. In addition, these methods...