A number of eminent authors take a look at aspects of application management from a range of practical and theoretical perspectives and present possible solutions for current challenges, demonstrating the close links between service creation and service management.

Contributions by: Anjali Arya, Markus Böhm, Bhaswar Bose, Laurent Cerveau, Andreas Degenhardt, Petra Endholz, Freddie Geier, Frank Keuper, Maximo Romero Krause, Helmut Krcmar, Stefanie Leimeister, Irvathraya Madhukar, Benedikt Martens, Christian Oecking, Christoph Riedl, Benedikt Schmidt, Christian Schulmeyer, Florian Täube, Frank Teuteberg, Katja Wolter