THE MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE INNOVATION PROCESS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES MITIP 2003 5 th International Conference September 4 – 6, 2003 Saarbruecken, Germany Proceedings of the Institute for Information Systems Editor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer Issue No. 176 ISSN 1438 5678 Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, Geb 43.8, D-66123 Saarbrücken phone: +49 (0)681/302 – 5221, fax: +49 (0)681/302 – 3696 E-mail : iwi@iwi.uni-sb.de, URL: http://www.iwi.uni-sb.de September 2003