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The Berlin research consortium "InterVal - Internet and Value
Chains" was selected by the Ministry for Education and Resesarch (BMBF)
in 2003 as one of seven national research centers in the area of
internet economics. InterVal is sponsored from mid 2003 till the end of
2007 for a total of ?4 million roughly. The new research center is
interdisciplinary and has amongst it computer scientists, economists
and information system specialists of all three of the Berlin
universities and the Fraunhofer-Institut for Software and System
Technology (ISST). The consortium is led by the Institute of
Information Systems (Spokesperson: Prof. Oliver Günther)
The purpose of InterVal is to analyze and further the development of
internet technologies in the context of modern value chains. New
technologies like XML, web services and semantic networks have
permanently changed the classical value added processes for modern
economies. This applies to applications in industry, production of
software and the service sector. InterVal should analyze these changes
by using concrete case studies. Herein, considerations on the
profitability of investments in IT and communication technologies play
an important role. The business approach regarding the investment
analysis and evaluation of management techniques should also utilize
applications like macroeconomic calculus to measure the influence of IT
investments on total productivity and on the job market of an
economy.
Another prioritized area of research refers to data security and
data protection. Web services as a matter of fact raise security
problems due to the inter-organizational scope. Ultimately questions
regarding information logistics and knowledge management will play an
important role in InterVal. Complex value chains are dependent on the
fact that information is available at the right time and place. How can
economic incentives be designed so as to motivate potential information
suppliers to deliver their information in a timely manner?
The research results from InterVal will constantly serve as input
data in various communication platforms. In order to further this
effort, learning management systems are used to promote knowledge
transfers among academia, business, and public management.
Participating
Institutions
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
- Fraunhofer Institute for Software and System Technologies,
Prof. Dr. Herbert Weber, www.isst.fhg.de
Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Institute of Computer Science, Prof. Dr. Robert Tolksdorf,
www.inf.fu-berlin.de/inst/ag-nbi/
- Department of Production, Information Systems and OR, Faculty
of Economics and Management, Prof. Dr. Uwe H. Suhl,
www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/suhl
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
- Institute of Industrial Economics, Faculty of Economics and
Management, Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller. Ph.D.,
www.wz.berlin.de/mp/wiw/peo/roeller.de.htm
- Institute of Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and
Management, Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D.,
www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/iwi
- Institute of Macroeconomics, Faculty of Economics and
Management, Prof. Michael Burda, Ph.D.,
www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/wt2
- Databases and Information Systems, Institute of Computer
Science, Prof. Johann Christoph Freytag, Ph.D.,
www.dbis.informatik.hu-berlin.de
- Computer Architecture and Communication, Institute of
Computer Science, Prof. Dr. Miroslaw Malek,
www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rok
Technische Universitaet Berlin
- Department of Technology and Management, Logistic Area,
Faculty of Economics and Management VIII, Prof. Dr. Helmut Baumgarten,
www.logistik.tu-berlin.de
Contact
Dr. Sarah Spiekermann (Geschäftsführerin)
InterVal - Internet and Value Chains
Berliner Forschungszentrum Internetökonomie
Telefon: (030) 2093 5662
sspiek@wiwi.hu-berlin.de
http://interval.hu-berlin.de
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