Projects of the Research Unit Digital Economy

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 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

    The aim of this project is to investigate the competitive behaviour of firms over the product-life-cycle of consumer electronics. We plan to combine data from Austria’s largest online site for price comparisons…

  2. Project // 01.09.2010 – 31.08.2012

    European Network for the Research on the Economic Impact of ICT (ICTNET)

    The objective of ICTNET is to enhance coordination of the research in the economics of ICT in Europe. The project is built around a coordination group and a network of researchers.

    The coordination group is…

  3. Project // 01.09. – 08.12.2010

    Innovation performance and enabling capabilities of ICT in Germany

    The purpose of the project was to analyse the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) for Germany as a site of innovation. Therefore, the current state of research about the quantitative effects…

  4. Project // 01.05.2010 – 28.02.2011

    The Effect of Entry on Firm Performance: The Role of ICT

    The economic literature has provided robust evidence indicating that firm entry represents a key driver of productivity growth at the industry level. This importance is due to the role of firm entry in the process…

  5. Project // 15.03. – 15.10.2010

    Organizational models and the creation of value in Austria's Creative Industries

    This study

    • describes the organizational models of firms operating in the creative industries as well as the different forms of collaboration and networking within the creative industries;
    • describes the value…
  6. Project // 01.03.2010 – 28.02.2013

    The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity (SERVICEGAP)

    The primary objective of this research project is to produce a comprehensive study on the impact of market services on aggregate economic growth in the EU and its comparative performance relative to competitor…

  7. Project // 01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012

    Indicators for evaluating international performance in service sectors (INDICSER)

    The objective of the INDICSER project is to develop indicators which provide information on the performance of service sectors in the EU. At the heart of the project are concerns that such indicators should be…

  8. Project // 01.01. – 30.06.2010

    Company Determinants of IT Outsourcing

    The aim of the project was to define the operational determinants of IT outsourcing, using data of the ZEW ICT-survey and adequate statistically-econometric methods.Central to this analysis was the question of…

  9. Project // 01.01.2010 – 31.12.2012

    Socioeconomic aspects of knowledge acquistion in social networks

    This subproject of the interdisciplinary project "An infrastructure for the analysis of social networks" deals with the economic analysis of social links in online networks. It considers networks for entertaining…