Projects

Current Projects

Project duration 01.06.2021 - 30.06.2022
Taming Tech Giants’ Algorithms: what do consumers know (and want)? An analysis of the Amazon Buy-Box Case
Project duration 01.05.2021 - 31.12.2021
Incentives and Economics of Data Sharing (IEDS)
Project duration 01.05.2021 - 31.07.2021
Study to Design a Future Share of Public Spending
Project duration 01.12.2020 - 30.11.2023
Turing Markets
Project duration 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2022
Contract with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: Scientific Advise and Corresponding Dialog Formats Concerning the Welfare State, the Working Environment, the Social Market Economy and in Addition the Implementation of Corresponding Dialogue Forms
Project duration 01.05.2020 - 31.12.2021
Employer Preferences and Restrictions in the Context of Digital Transformation: Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments
Project duration 15.02.2020 - 14.02.2022
Strategies on Promoting Broadband Expansion with Particular Regard to a Reduction in Regulation
Project duration 01.10.2019 - 30.09.2021
Networks of Innovative Firms (NETINU)
Project duration 01.06.2019 - 31.12.2022
Measurement of the Digitalisation of the German Economy
Project duration 15.04.2019 - 31.12.2022
digilog@bw – Digitalisation in Dialogue
Project duration 01.04.2019 - 30.11.2021
Information Diffusion on Twitter: The Effect of Hate Speech Regulation
Project duration 01.12.2018 - 30.11.2021
Climate Protection Potential of Digital Transformation (CliDiTrans): Micro- and Macroeconomic Evidence on the Role of Demand Effects and Production Relocation
Project duration 01.06.2018 - 31.05.2021
Taxation in the Era of Digital Transformation
Project duration 01.01.2012 - current
Economic survey of the information sector

Finished Projects

2021
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 31.03.2021
  SEEK-Project 2019: Balancing Privacy and Innovation: The Impact of the EU-GDPR on the Online Market for Mobile Applications
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 31.03.2021
  SEEK-Project 2019: Digitalisation and Heterogeneity

2020
- Project duration 01.02.2020 - 31.12.2020
  SEEK Project 2020: Firms Going Digital: Evidence and Policy Implications
- Project duration 01.11.2019 - 30.06.2020
  Evaluation of the KfW Programme "ERP Digitalisation and Innovation Loan"
- Project duration 01.04.2019 - 29.02.2020
  Identifying Interdisciplinary Topics in Projects of the BMBF Direct Project Funding Schemes
- Project duration 01.09.2018 - 30.11.2020
  STEM Qualifications: Determinants of Educational Decisions and Occupational Consequences
- Project duration 01.12.2017 - 31.05.2020
  Investments in New Forms of Knowledge-Based Capital (INFOWIK)
- Project duration 01.10.2017 - 30.09.2020
  Text Data Based Output Indicators as Base of a New Innovation Metric

2019
- Project duration 01.06.2019 - 31.12.2019
  Analysis of Economic Data for the Cluster ICT, Media, Cultural Economy 2019
- Project duration 29.04.2019 - 28.06.2019
  Economic and Legal Relevance of Demand Side Broadband Funding Schemes via Vouchers for High-Speed Broadband Services
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 28.02.2019
  The film industry in Baden-Württemberg
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
  Efficient Design of Measures to Promote Broadband Infrastructure
- Project duration 01.12.2017 - 31.01.2019
  Strategic Orientation of Academic and Industrial Research in Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Project duration 01.12.2017 - 31.12.2019
  Contribution of Digitisation to Productivity in the Construction Industry
- Project duration 01.04.2017 - 31.07.2019
  Market Power and Innovation in Online Markets: The Role of Network Effects and Big Data
- Project duration 04.10.2016 - 30.04.2019
  Contract with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: Scientific advise and corresponding dialog formats concerning the welfare state, the change of work and social integration
- Project duration 15.05.2016 - 17.01.2019
  Relevance of Producer-oriented Services in Baden-Wuerttemberg, with a Focus on Digitisation
- Project duration 01.04.2016 - 31.03.2019
  SEEK-Project 2016: Digital Marketplaces and Platforms
- Project duration 01.10.2012 - 31.12.2019
  Monitoring the German Cultural and Creative Economy

2018
- Project duration 01.06.2018 - 31.08.2018
  The Cultural and Creative Economy of Baden-Württemberg
- Project duration 02.05.2018 - 31.12.2018
  Analysis of Economic Data for the Cluster ICT, Media, Cultural Economy 2018
- Project duration 01.05.2018 - 31.08.2018
  Market Positioning and Growth Potentials of Telecommunications Operators
- Project duration 01.02.2018 - 31.07.2018
  Overview Study on the Regulatory Framework for the Digital Economy in Industrialised, Emerging and Developing Countries
- Project duration 01.01.2018 - 31.05.2018
  Opportunities and Challenges of the Digital Eco-System of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Project duration 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2018
  Structural Reform in Germany, 2013-2017
- Project duration 01.10.2017 - 31.10.2018
  Growth Potential of the Digital Transformation
- Project duration 01.08.2017 - 28.02.2018
  Monitoring of the Digital Transformation in Baden-Württemberg
- Project duration 01.08.2017 - 30.06.2018
  Productivity Paradox in the Manufacturing of Machinery and Equipment Industry
- Project duration 01.06.2017 - 31.03.2018
  Literature Survey on the Productivity Slowdown and its Relation to Innovation Activities
- Project duration 01.06.2017 - 15.05.2018
  Work 4.0 – Opportunities and Challenges for Luxembourg
- Project duration 01.01.2017 - 31.08.2018
  Rational Ignorance in the Digital Age - A Meta-Analysis
- Project duration 15.08.2016 - 30.10.2018
  Analysis of the use of Crowdworking in Germany
- Project duration 01.07.2015 - 31.12.2018
  Monitoring of the Digital Economy

2017
- Project duration 01.07.2017 - 31.12.2017
  Analysis of economic data for the cluster ICT, media, cultural economy 2017
- Project duration 01.06.2017 - 15.07.2017
  Opportunities and Challenges of Digitalisation in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Project duration 15.04.2017 - 15.10.2017
  Incentivising Investment in the Digitalisation of SMEs
- Project duration 01.04.2017 - 10.05.2017
  Digitalisierung mittelständischer Unternehmen in Sachsen
- Project duration 01.01.2017 - 19.09.2017
  The Sectoral Impact of the Digitisation of the Economy
- Project duration 19.09.2016 - 15.05.2017
  Business-to-business relations in the online platform environment
- Project duration 15.06.2016 - 31.05.2017
  Structure and Volume of the Market for Digital Services with a Focus on Companies from third Countries
- Project duration 01.09.2015 - 31.08.2017
  Expert Dialogue Regulatory Framework for the Digital Economy
- Project duration 01.04.2014 - 31.10.2017
  Challenges and Opportunities Arising from Ubiquitous Working

2016
- Project duration 01.08.2016 - 31.10.2016
  Analysis of Economic Data for the Cluster ICT, Media, Cultural Economy 2016
- Project duration 01.01.2016 - 31.10.2016
  Meta-Study on the Role of Broadband Internet on Innovation, Productivity and Employment
- Project duration 01.09.2015 - 31.07.2016
  Opportunities and Challenges of Digitalisation for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- Project duration 15.07.2015 - 29.02.2016
  Innovation Policy in Germany: Strategies for More Innovation in the Age of Digitalisation
- Project duration 01.06.2015 - 31.12.2016
  Linkage of the ICT-Survey with IAB-Employment Data
- Project duration 01.02.2015 - 31.01.2016
  The Role of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for Research and Innovation in Germany
- Project duration 01.09.2014 - 29.02.2016
  Cloud Computing: Hype or Success Strategy? A Microeconometric Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of Cloud Computing
- Project duration 01.04.2014 - 31.03.2016
  SEEK Project 2014: Resilience in Times of Crisis: The Role of ICT; Evidence for Europe
- Project duration 01.04.2014 - 31.03.2016
  SEEK Project 2014: Side Effects of Economic Crises in Europe and Provision of Online Public Goods
- Project duration 01.12.2013 - 30.11.2016
  Smart Public Intangibles (SPINTAN)
- Project duration 01.02.2013 - 30.04.2016
  Creativity for Innovation and Growth in Europe
- Project duration 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2016
  Knowledge Spillovers and Content Valuation in Online Collaboration

2015
- Project duration 01.07.2015 - 31.12.2015
  Determinants of high-speed broadband take-up and the impact of mobile internet on firm productivity and innovation
- Project duration 01.02.2015 - 31.05.2015
  The Impact of Digitalisation on Future Labour Markets
- Project duration 01.09.2013 - 31.08.2015
  Does Extrovertedness Pay off? An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Social Media for Firm Success
- Project duration 01.06.2012 - 31.05.2015
  Monitoring the German Information and Communication Economy, 2012-2014
- Project duration 01.01.2002 - 30.06.2015
  ZEW ICT Survey: Diffusion and Use of Information and Communication Technologies

2014
- Project duration 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014
  structure and regional heterogeneity in online markets
- Project duration 01.08.2013 - 31.12.2014
  Patents and Trademarks as Complements for Performance of European Firms
- Project duration 01.01.2012 - 30.06.2014
  e-Frame: European Framework for Measuring Progress
- Project duration 01.08.2011 - 31.07.2014
  Adequate Employment of Graduates: An Economical Analysis of Job Match Quality
- Project duration 01.12.2010 - 28.02.2014
  The Productivity of IT-based Services

2013
- Project duration 01.03.2013 - 30.11.2013
  What determinses the Demand for Mobile Applications: the Role of Access Permissions
- Project duration 01.08.2012 - 31.03.2013
  Quality differences in telecommunication services and firms' innovation activity in Germany
- Project duration 01.08.2012 - 30.11.2013
  The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Energy and Resource Efficiency
- Project duration 01.04.2012 - 30.09.2013
  SEEK-Project 2012: Effects of Knowledge and Learning in Technology Adoption: Social Networks, Adoption, and Persistence in the Video Game Market
- Project duration 15.08.2011 - 31.12.2013
  Net Neutrality – Governmental Support and Options
- Project duration 01.03.2010 - 28.02.2013
  The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity (SERVICEGAP)

2012
- Project duration 01.08.2011 - 31.12.2012
  Strategic Releases and Specialization in the Video Game Market
- Project duration 01.08.2011 - 30.11.2012
  Patent – Firm Panel. Infrastructure Panel containing Patent and Trademark Strategies of German Companies
- Project duration 01.04.2011 - 30.09.2012
  SEEK-Project 2011: Estimating the Macroeconomic Elasticity of Substitution Between Clean and Dirty Production
- Project duration 01.04.2011 - 30.09.2012
  SEEK-Project 2011: The Division of Tasks, Offshoring and the Competitiveness of Europe’s Knowledge Economy
- Project duration 21.12.2010 - 21.02.2012
  Development of impact measures for e-Infrastructures
- Project duration 01.10.2010 - 31.03.2012
  SEEK-Project 2010: Firm Behaviour over the Product Life Cycle. Entry, Exit and Pricing Strategies on Online Price-Comparison Sites
- Project duration 01.09.2010 - 31.08.2012
  European Network for the Research on the Economic Impact of ICT (ICTNET)
- Project duration 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2012
  Socioeconomic aspects of knowledge acquistion in social networks
- Project duration 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2012
  Indicators for evaluating international performance in service sectors (INDICSER)

2011
- Project duration 01.05.2011 - 31.10.2011
  Internationalisation of German ICT Companies
- Project duration 01.10.2010 - 31.03.2011
  Effects of advertising and marketing in the web 2.0 on sales
- Project duration 01.05.2010 - 28.02.2011
  The Effect of Entry on Firm Performance: The Role of ICT
- Project duration 01.08.2009 - 30.04.2011
  Recommended Retail Prices and Collusion in Pharma Markets: The Case of ED Drugs
- Project duration 01.04.2009 - 31.03.2011
  Firm Level Analysis of the Economic Impact of ICT in Germany: The Role of Intermediate Input Markets
- Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2011
  Quarterly business survey among service providers of the information society

2010
- Project duration 01.09.2010 - 08.12.2010
  Innovation performance and enabling capabilities of ICT in Germany
- Project duration 15.03.2010 - 15.10.2010
  Organizational models and the creation of value in Austria's Creative Industries
- Project duration 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2010
  Impact of media consumption and media competition on economic policy preferences
- Project duration 01.01.2010 - 30.06.2010
  Company Determinants of IT Outsourcing
- Project duration 01.12.2009 - 31.03.2010
  The Role of Broadband Internet for Corporate Success
- Project duration 01.09.2009 - 30.09.2010
  Analysis and Assessment of the Economic Potential of the New Technologies Supporting the “Internet of Services”
- Project duration 01.01.2008 - 31.12.2010
  Leibniz Network "Non-Cognitive Skills: Acquisition and Economic Consequences"

2009
- Project duration 01.02.2009 - 30.06.2009
  Broadband Infrastructure and Employment
- Project duration 01.01.2009 - 30.09.2009
  Adoption of Social Software and Innovative Ability of Service Firms
- Project duration 01.08.2008 - 31.12.2009
  Productivity Effects of ICT: Investigations on heterogenous inputs and technical progress
- Project duration 01.07.2008 - 31.12.2009
  Consulting and Outsourcing: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies
- Project duration 01.01.2008 - 31.12.2009
  Survey among IT experts
- Project duration 01.07.2006 - 30.06.2009
  Explaining Productivity Growth in Europe, America and Asia
- Project duration 01.01.2005 - 31.03.2009
  FAZIT Research Project for Current and Future-Oriented IT and Media Technologies and their Use in Baden-Württemberg

2008
- Project duration 01.01.2008 - 30.09.2008
  Business Process Outsourcing: Determinants and effects on company’s competitiveness
- Project duration 01.08.2007 - 31.07.2008
  Productivity and Employability of Older Employees
- Project duration 01.07.2007 - 30.11.2008
  Competition and Innovation: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies
- Project duration 01.11.2006 - 31.12.2008
  Regulatory Concepts for Network Industries (Industrial Economics and ICT)
- Project duration 01.08.2006 - 31.07.2008
  Skills, Computer Use and Social Integration
- Project duration 01.01.2006 - 30.06.2008
  Innovative Capabilities and the Role of Consultants in the Information Economy
- Project duration 01.09.2005 - 29.02.2008
  Internationalisation of the IT-related services sector
- Project duration 01.09.2005 - 31.08.2008
  Corporate Governance and Structures of Qualification in Higher Education

2007
- Project duration 01.11.2006 - 31.12.2007
  Skill Formation and School Outcome: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
- Project duration 01.07.2006 - 31.12.2007
  Effects of ICT Diffusion on the Labour Market Situation of Women
- Project duration 01.03.2006 - 31.03.2007
  Interconnection and Competition among Internet Service Providers
- Project duration 01.09.2005 - 31.03.2007
  IT-Outsourcing, competitiveness and employment: Analyses based on firm-level data
- Project duration 01.03.2005 - 28.02.2007
  Regional versus individual aspects of the digital divide: An empirical analysis for Baden-Wuerttemberg

2006
- Project duration 01.10.2004 - 28.02.2006
  ICT and firm performance
- Project duration 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2006
  Regulation and antitrust in the market for Internet infrastructure

2005
- Project duration 01.07.2005 - 31.12.2005
  Demographical Challenges on the Personnel Policy of an Enterprise in the Healthcare Industry
- Project duration 01.01.2005 - 31.03.2005
  The Permanent Establishment Definition in the Age of ICT
- Project duration 01.10.2004 - 31.08.2005
  ICT use, reorganisation and innovation capabilities of firms
- Project duration 01.08.2004 - 28.02.2005
  Benchmark International Telecommunications Markets
- Project duration 01.03.2003 - 30.06.2005
  ICT usage and the age structure of employees

2004
- Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.07.2004
  E-Commerce and International Corporate Taxation
- Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.08.2004
  ICT, the demand for heterogenous labor, and the structure of wages.
- Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.07.2004
  Sales Activities and Pricing Strategies in Digital Markets
- Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.08.2004
  ICT as a General Purpose Technology

2003
- Project duration 01.09.2001 - 31.12.2003
  The effects of digitalization on classical markets

2002
- Project duration 01.09.2001 - 30.08.2002
  Outsourcing of ICT-services
- Project duration 01.09.2001 - 30.08.2002
  Panel data models of differentiated product markets
- Project duration 01.05.2001 - 30.11.2002
  ICT and workplace reorganisation
- Project duration 01.12.2000 - 30.04.2002
  Application of Hedonic Techniques in the Consumer Price Index - Case of IT and Automobile