Students can name a company's options for collaboration and integration by means of digitalization. They can analyze the opportunities for integrating business models of various companies and can then describe the challenges that management is faced within this area.

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Digitalization challenges old and promotes new forms of collaboration, within as well as across companies. A company's boundaries are extended and this allows for new forms of collaboration.

• e-company, e-community
• integration of business models (e.g. via platforms)
• managing digital cooperation and integration
• managing cooperation and integration processes

• Kersken S. (2017): IT-Handbuch für Fachinformatiker: Der Ausbildungsbegleiter. 8th ed. Rheinwerk Computing.
  
• Kollmann T. (2016): E-Business: Grundlagen elektronischer Geschäftsprozesse in der Digitalen Wirtschaft. 6th ed. Springer Gabler.
  
• Riemer K./ Schellhammer S./ Meinert M. (eds.) (2019): Collaboration in the Digital Age: How Technology Enables Individuals, Teams and Businesses. Springer.
  
• Sprenger R. K. (2018): Radikal Digital: Weil der Mensch den Unterschied macht. Germane Verlags-Anstalt.
  
• Wirtz B. W. (2018): Electronic Business. 6th, updated and ext. ed. Springer Gabler.

Lecture, supervised group work related to the case study

Module exam (see module description for details)