Projects

Current Projects

• Project duration 01.06.2021 - 31.03.2024

  Taming Tech Giants’ Algorithms: The Amazon Buy-Box Case

• Project duration 01.05.2021 - 30.04.2024

  Incentives and Economics of Data Sharing (IEDS)

• 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 Advice and Corresponding Dialog Formats Concerning the Welfare State, the Working Environment, and the Social Market Economy

• Project duration 01.05.2020 - 31.12.2022

  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 - 30.06.2022

  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 01.06.2018 - 30.11.2022

  Taxation in the Era of Digital Transformation

• Project duration 01.01.2012 - current

  Economic survey of the information sector

Finished Projects

• 2022

  • Project duration 01.04.2019 - 31.01.2022

    Information Diffusion on Twitter: The Effect of Hate Speech Regulation

• 2021

  • Project duration 01.05.2021 - 31.07.2021

    Study to Design a Future Share of Public Spending

  • Project duration 09.02.2021 - 15.03.2021

    Opportunities and Challenges of Digitalisation in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg 2021

  • Project duration 01.01.2019 - 31.03.2021

    SEEK-Project 2019: Digitalisation and Heterogeneity

  • 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 01.12.2018 - 30.11.2021

    Climate Protection Potential of Digital Transformation (CliDiTrans): Micro- and Macroeconomic Evidence on the Role of Demand Effects and Production Relocation

• 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: The Division of Tasks, Offshoring and the Competitiveness of Europe’s Knowledge Economy

  • Project duration 01.04.2011 - 30.09.2012

    SEEK-Project 2011: Estimating the Macroeconomic Elasticity of Substitution Between Clean and Dirty Production

  • 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

    Sales Activities and Pricing Strategies in Digital Markets

  • Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.07.2004

    E-Commerce and International Corporate Taxation

  • Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.08.2004

    ICT as a General Purpose Technology

  • Project duration 01.01.2002 - 31.08.2004

    ICT, the demand for heterogenous labor, and the structure of wages.

• 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