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Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek [ D ]
Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek

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Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek

Irene Bertschek studied Economics at the University of Mannheim and at the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, focussing on industrial economics and econometrics. She attended the European Doctoral Program and obtained a doctoral degree in economics from the Catholic University of Louvain. During the doctoral program she visited CREST-INSEE in Paris and worked at the SFB373 of the Humboldt University in Berlin. She joined the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in 1999. Since May 2001 she has been head of the research group Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Since February 2011 she has been professor for economics, applied empirical economic research at the University of Mannheim. Her current research interests are the impacts of ICT on labour productivity, on workplace organisation, and on the age structure of employees.

Selected Publications

Publications in refereed Journals

Bertschek, Irene, Daniel Cerquera and Gordon Jochem Klein (forthcoming), More Bits - More Bucks? Measuring the Impact of Broadband Internet on Firm Performance, Information Economics and Policy.

Bertschek, Irene (2011), Wissensvermittlung versus Legitimationsfunktion - Warum engagieren Unternehmen IT-Berater?, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft Volume 81, Number 12, 1379 - 1399. Download

Bertschek, Irene and Jenny Meyer (2009), Do Older Workers Lower IT-enabled Productivity? Firm-Level Evidence from Germany, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229/2+3, 327-342.

Bertschek, Irene, Helmut Fryges and Ulrich Kaiser (2006), B2B or Not to Be: Does B2B E-Commerce Increase Labour Productivity?, International Journal of the Economics of Business Vol. 13, No. 3, 387-405.

Bertschek, Irene and Ulrich Kaiser (2004), Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence, Management Science Vol.50, No.3, 394-404. Download

Bertschek, Irene and Alexandra Spitz-Oener (2003), Informationstechnologien, organisatorische Veränderung und Entlohnung, Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 36, 599-615.

Bertschek, Irene and Michael Lechner (1998), Convenient Estimators for the Panel Probit Model, Journal of Econometrics 87, 329-371.

Bertschek, Irene and Horst Entorf (1996), On Nonparametric Estimation of the Schumpeterian Link between Innovation and Firm Size, Empirical Economics 21, 3, 401-426.

Bertschek, Irene (1995), Product and Process Innovation as a Response to Increasing Imports and Foreign Direct Investment, The Journal of Industrial Economics XLIII, 4, 341-357.

Publications in Journals

Bertschek, Irene (2012), Zeitgespräch: Neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik: Lösung für den Arbeitsmarkt der Zukunft? - Vernetzt, mobil, sozial - Potenziale für Innovationen und Produktivität?, Wirtschaftsdienst Jahrgang 92, Heft 11, 728-731. Download

Monographs, Articles in Anthologies

Bertschek, Irene (2012), ICT, Internet and worker productivity, in: Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Online Edition. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Benjamin Engelstätter, Bettina Müller, Jörg Ohnemus and Katrin Schleife (2008), Auslagerung von Geschäftsprozessen (BPO), Unternehmensbefragung Sommer 2008 in Baden-Württemberg, FAZIT-Schriftenreihe, Forschungsbericht Bd. 18, Stuttgart. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Benjamin Engelstätter, Bettina Müller, Jörg Ohnemus and Tobias Vogelmann (2008), Unternehmenssoftware und eingebettete Systeme, Unternehmensbefragung Herbst/Winter 2007 in Baden-Württemberg, FAZIT-Schriftenreihe, Forschungsbericht Bd. 11, Stuttgart. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Bettina Müller, Jörg Ohnemus, Katrin Schleife and Tobias Schmidt (2006), E-Business in Baden-Württemberg, Unternehmensbefragung im Juni/Juli 2006, FAZIT-Schriftenreihe, Forschungsbericht Bd. 4, Stuttgart. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Bettina Müller, Jörg Ohnemus and Katrin Schleife (2006), IT-Outsourcing, Internationalisierung und flexible Arbeitsorganisation: Strategien im Zeitalter der Globalisierung, Unternehmensbefragung Herbst 2005 in Baden-Württemberg, FAZIT-Schriftenreihe, Forschungsbericht Bd. 2, Stuttgart. Download

Bertschek, Irene and Marlene Müller (2006), Productivity Effects of IT-Outsourcing: Semiparametric Evidence for German Companies, in: Stefan Sperlich, Wolfgang Härdle und Gökhan Aydinli, The Art of Semiparametrics, Heidelberg, 130-154.

Bertschek, Irene and Jörg Ohnemus (2005), Open Source Software und IT-Sicherheit: Ergebnisse der ersten FAZIT-Unternehmensbefragung, in: Irene Bertschek, Thomas Döbler, Open Source Software und IT-Sicherheit, Unternehmensbefragung Frühjahr 2005 in Baden-Württemberg, FAZIT-Schriftenreihe, Forschungsbericht Bd. 1, Stuttgart, 15-60. Download

Bertschek, Irene and Thomas Döbler eds. (2005), Open Source Software und IT-Sicherheit, FAZIT-Schriftenreihe, Forschungsbericht Bd. 1, Stuttgart. Download

Bertschek, Irene (2004), Führt IT-Nutzung zu altersfeindlicher Reorganisation von Arbeit? Eine Untersuchung auf Grundlage der IKT-Umfrage des ZEW, in: Bernd Fitzenberger, Werner Smolny, Peter Winker, Herausforderungen an den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, Bd. 72, Baden-Baden, S. 249-263.

Bertschek, Irene (2003), Information Technology and Productivity Gains and Cost Savings in Companies, in: Derek C. Jones, New Economy Handbook, Chapter 9, Elsevier and Academic Press, 213-228.

Bertschek, Irene and Ulrich Kaiser (2002), IKT-Einsatz, Arbeitsplatzorganisation und Produktivität: Empirische Evidenz für unternehmensnahe Dienstleister, in: Lutz Bellmann, Arnd Kölling, Betrieblicher Wandel und Fachkräftebedarf, Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung Bd. 257, Nürnberg, 85-97.

Licht, Georg, Viktor Steiner, Irene Bertschek, Martin Falk and Helmut Fryges (2002), IKT-Fachkräftemangel und Qualifikationsbedarf, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, Bd. 61, Baden-Baden.

Bertschek, Irene and Ulrich Kaiser (2001), Produktivitätseffekte organisatorischer Veränderungen, in: U. Backes-Gellner, M. Kräkel, J. Sadowski, J. Mure, Entlohnung, Arbeitsorganisation und personalpolitische Regulierung, Beiträge zum 4. Köln-Bonner Kolloquium zur Personalökonomie München Mering, 73 - 85.

Bertschek, Irene (1996), Semiparametric Analysis of Innovative Behavior, doctoral thesis, Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté des Sciences Economiques, Sociales et Politiques, nouvelle série No. 272, CIACO, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Bertschek, Irene, Michael Lechner and Inés M. Ulloa (1991), Das Arbeitsangebot verheirateter Frauen im Lebenszyklus: Eine deskriptive Analyse einer Längsschnittstichprobe aus dem sozioökonomischen Panel, in: Rendtel, U. und Wagner, G., Lebenslagen im Wandel: Zur Einkommensdynamik in Deutschland seit 1984, Projektgruppe: Das sozioökonomische Panel im Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, 34-62.

Discussion Papers and Working Papers

Bertschek, Irene and Daniel Erdsiek (2012), IT Outsourcing – A Source of Innovation? Microeconometric Evidence for Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-088, Mannheim. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Daniel Cerquera and Gordon Jochem Klein (2011), More Bits – More Bucks? Measuring the Impact of Broadband Internet on Firm Performance, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-032, Mannheim. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Benjamin Engelstätter and Krzysztof Szczygielski (2010), The Role of Information Technology for Service Sector Performance, SERVICEGAP Review Paper 3. Download

Expertises

Bertschek, Irene, Armin Heinzl, Thomas Niebel, Marko Nöhren, Jörg Ohnemus, Marianne Saam, Katrin Schleife, Patrick Schulte, Andreas Stiehler, Eric Dubiel and Tobias Ortwein (2013), Produktivität IT-basierter Dienstleistungen (ProdIT), Zweiter Meilensteinbericht, Mannheim. Download

Graumann, Sabine, Tobias Weber, Irene Bertschek, Jörg Ohnemus and Christian Rammer (2012), Monitoring Digitale Wirtschaft 2012. MehrWert für Deutschland, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Berlin. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Armin Heinzl, Thomas Niebel, Marko Nöhren, Jörg Ohnemus, Marianne Saam, Katrin Schleife, Patrick Schulte and Andreas Stiehler (2012), Produktivität IT-basierter Dienstleistungen (ProdIT), Erster Meilensteinbericht, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Daniel Erdsiek, Jörg Ohnemus, Christian Rammer and Christian Köhler (2011), Internationalisierung deutscher IKT-Unternehmen, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Mannheim. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Thomas Niebel, Vigen Nikogosian, Jörg Ohnemus, Christian Rammer and Miruna Sarbu (2010), Informations- und Telekommunikationstechnologien als Wegbereiter für Innovationen, Studie im Auftrag des BITKOM e.V., Berlin. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Daniel Cerquera and Gordon Jochem Klein (2010), Die Bedeutung des Breitbandinternets für den Unternehmenserfolg, Deutsche Telekom AG, Mannheim. Download

Dufft, Nicole, Katrin Schleife, Irene Bertschek, Margit Vanberg, Tilo Böhmann, Ann Kristin Schmitt and Martin Barnreiter (2010), Das wirtschaftliche Potenzial des Internet der Dienste, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Berlin. Download

Bertschek, Irene, Julia Häring, Jenny Meyer and Margit Vanberg (2007), Potenziale von IKT für die Internationalisierung, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download

Teaching activities and stand-in professors

FS 2013: Bloc seminar "The Economics of Information and Communication Technologies",
University of Mannheim
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Projects

Current Projects

Creativity for Innovation and Growth in Europe

e-Frame: European Framework for Measuring Progress

Knowledge Spillovers and Content Valuation in Online Collaboration

Monitoring the German Cultural and Creative Economy

Monitoring the German Information and Communication Economy, 2012-2014

Net Neutrality – Governmental Support and Options

Quality differences in telecommunication services and firms' innovation activity in Germany

The Productivity of IT-based Services

Finished Projects

Adoption of Social Software and Innovative Ability of Service Firms

Analysis and assessment of the economic potential of the new technologies supporting the "Internet of services"

Application of Hedonic Techniques in the Consumer Price Index - Case of IT and Automobile

Broadband infrastructure and employment

Business Process Outsourcing: Determinants and effects on company's competitiveness

Coordinated Support Action for Research on the Economics of ICT

Corporate Governance and Structures of Qualification in Higher Education

Development of impact measures for e-Infrastructures

Digital Economy

Effects of advertising and marketing in the web 2.0 on sales

Explaining Productivity Growth in Europe, America and Asia

FAZIT Research Project for Current and Future-Oriented IT and Media Technologies and their Use in Baden-Württemberg

ICT and workplace reorganisation

ICT usage and the age structure of employees

Innovation performance and enabling capabilities of ICT in Germany

Innovative Capabilities and the Role of Consultants in the Information Economy

Internationalisation of German ICT Companies

Internationalisation of the IT-related services sector

IT-Outsourcing, competitiveness and employment: Analyses based on firm-level data

Lack of Qualified IT Personnel and Qualification Requirements. Empirical Analyses for Manufacturing Industry and Selected Service Sectors in Germany

Sales Activities and Pricing Strategies in Digital Markets

SEEK-Project 2011: The Division of Tasks, Offshoring and the Competitiveness of Europe's Knowledge Economy

Socioeconomic aspects of knowledge acquistion in social networks

Survey among IT experts

The impact of service sector innovation and internationalisation on growth and productivity (SERVICEGAP)

The Role of Broadband Internet for Corporate Success

ZEW ICT Survey: Diffusion and Use of Information and Communication Technologies


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