Ubiquitous Computing

Abstract

been as good as it was in the exams. Tony helped me to understand many facts and theories.Thanks to Stephan Karpischek for initiating the Mobile Prosumer project and getting me involved in it. I enjoyed our fruitful discussions and continuous quest for making the Mobile Prosumer a good research project despite the many stumbling blocks. Martin Pischke who read my thesis at a very early stage, long before it was finished, and his useful feedback.Erik Smith for the fantastic short notice general editing and proof-reading of the thesis, and also Marilyn Tremaine who edited parts of the thesis in the context of the paper publications.But there is more: First, the colleagues in the department of Information Systems at the Technische Universität München, who helped me as an external Ph.D. student to keep up with all the organizational demands of the university. In particular, thanks to Stefanie Leimeister, Uta Knebel, and Dr. Peggy Sekatzek who were all available to give me feedback on my work and tips in the process. Second, all my colleagues at the Institute of Electronic Business e.V. who were aware of my intention to finish the Ph.D. and supported my decisions.Finally the most important people need to be thanked: my parents, who have given me the freedom to pursue my studies and for their great understanding during the long phase of my life when I was constantly under some sort of time pressure…and always running out of time for regular visits. And my girlfriend Corina Weber! There is more to thank her for than what fits on these pages: for listening to my complaints and the (from time to time arising) frustrations, and for believing in me during this long period. For her continuous support and love, and her endless patience. She knows how much I owe her.

Marketing Management for Consumer Products in the Era of the Internet of Things

“…The existing economic literature investigating IoT and smart products primarily focuses on research questions in the fields of management [21]- [26], transportation [27], supply chain management [28], market competition [2], new business models [29], consumers' attitudes toward autonomously acting products [30], the organizational structure of companies [31], production planning and control [32], privacy and secrecy [33], wearable devices [34], smart home, and ambient assisted living [35], just to name a few. From the perspective of marketing management, IoT products are of particular interest due to two new elementary functionalities we refer to as "product analytics" and "remote access" (see Figure 2).…”

UEF: Ubiquity Evaluation Framework

“…UCAN is a ubiquitous computing application development and evaluation process model [2] that allows the evaluation of ubiquitous applications, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) applications. The evaluation includes different stages and methods, for instance, the original idea can be evaluated using interviews, while the prototype (pilot) is assessed through user acceptance methods.…”

“…In principle, the choice of technologies, system architecture and protocols must be considered in the design phase of UbiComp systems. However, the evaluation approaches taken for UbiComp Systems so far [2,3] typically consider user-perspective ratings only, or assess a limited set of functionalities. For example, some assessments follow a prototypebased approach and thus have high development costs while not always fully representative of the final system.…”