A New Journey from Flower to Vase: Supply chain & digital design for an automated vending business concept

A design study was performed that investigated the feasibility of a business concept combining a unified supply chain with automated vending points in the floriculture sector. In such a business, a direct link between production (growers of flowers) and customers exists. The added value along the chain can then remain with the growers. This...

Privacy: the more, the merrier?: A case study of how Amazon uses privacy protection to expand its power over IoT manufacturers

Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) have historically been used for safeguarding individual privacy from both public and private interference. But lately, tech companies have started using PETs as one instrument for the expansion of their power over different actors, as appears to be unfolding in the case of Amazon’s Sidewalk service: a United...

Exploring the Possibilities for Collaboration among Dutch mobile Network Operators for C-ITS ready 5G Networks

Dutch road transportation networks are increasingly facing challenges regarding congestion, safety and environmental pollution. These challenges are intensified by increased urbanization and a growing need for connectivity . In the past, the remedy to most of these challenges laid in expanding the physical infrastructure through new asphalt....

Developing a framework to assess ELSA design points that contribute towards a Circular Economy in the industrial automotive manufacturing sector: An exploratory research applied to the case of the circular economy project “ALICIA”

Circular Economy (CE) aims to achieve sustainability through recycling, refurbishing, reusing, and other similar activities. Even though the concept of CE has gained considerable interest throughout the previous years and yielded significant research contributions, many critics stress the lack of incorporating ethical and social considerations...

Edge Computing on the Rise: Towards a Business Model Tool for Analyzing the Potential of Edge Computing for IoT Applications

Edge computing can deliver substantial value to the general idea of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, there is a myriad of potential IoT applications for edge computing. Stakeholders are left with uncertainty about how the business potential of edge computing for these IoT applications can be identified. This research contributes in solving...

Design and Governance of Platforms to leverage an ecosystem of complementors

This paper analyzes how specific aspects of design and governance of platform explain complementors participation in the video game console industry. This study introduces a new dimension to measure platform openness and suggest that by opening the platform vertically to different markets, platform firms can smoothen complementors competition...

Exploring effective notification mechanisms for infected IoT devices

Many Internet of Things (IoT) devices that are currently on the market lack security and therefore many of them got infected with malware to launch powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Notifications from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to their customers play a crucial role in the fight to clean up the malware infected IoT...