Projects of the Research Unit Digital Economy

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.07.2006 – 30.06.2009

    Explaining Productivity Growth in Europe, America and Asia

    The aim of this project was to analyse five centrally linked aspects of economic growth:1. Management and Organisational PracticesThis part concentrated on understanding and explaining management and…

  2. Project // 01.03.2006 – 31.03.2007

    Interconnection and Competition among Internet Service Providers

    This project analyzes the network externalities present in the Internet and the effect these externalities have on the interconnection incentives of competing Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Internet is a…

  3. Project // 01.01.2006 – 30.06.2008

    Innovative Capabilities and the Role of Consultants in the Information Economy

    The main aim of this interdisciplinary project was to present a comprehensive analysis of the determinants and effects of the use of IT consulting. The project, which was split into three modules based on three…

  4. Project // 01.09.2005 – 31.03.2007

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

    During the last decades, enterprises in industrialised countries have increasingly outsourced parts of their value chain to external suppliers. This development is particularly pronounced in the field of IT…

  5. Project // 01.09.2005 – 31.08.2008

    Corporate Governance and Structures of Qualification in Higher Education

    This project examined aspects related to the transformation of the German college sector towards more competition. The project had two phases. In the first phase the differences in graduate school programmes were…

  6. Project // 01.09.2005 – 29.02.2008

    Internationalisation of the IT-related services sector

    The focus of the research project INTERDIG was on the internationalisation of the IT-related services sector, especially of IT service providers and software firms in Germany. The aim was to develop concrete…

  7. Project // 01.07. – 31.12.2005

    Demographical Challenges on the Personnel Policy of an Enterprise in the Healthcare Industry

    Our client is interested in an assessment of the demographical problems in its specific labour market and an analysis of the different problem solving possibilities. Especially the age structure of the employees,…

  8. Project // 01.03.2005 – 28.02.2007

    Regional versus individual aspects of the digital divide: An empirical analysis for Baden-Wuerttemberg

    In recent years, information and communication technologies (ICT) have diffused rapidly in both economy and private life. A differentiated look at the tendencies of the ICT diffusion shows that not all population…

  9. Project // 01.01. – 31.03.2005

    The Permanent Establishment Definition in the Age of ICT

    The increased use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within companies is leading to several changes within the organizational structures. Since the process of producing goods and services is often…