Projects of the Research Unit Digital Economy

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.09.2014 – 29.02.2016

    Cloud Computing: Hype or Success Strategy? A Microeconometric Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of Cloud Computing

    Cloud computing, the use of information technology (IT) services via a network e.g. software, calculating capacity, storage, etc., is not only seen as a megatrend in the area of information and communication…

  2. Project // 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2016

    SEEK Project 2014: Side Effects of Economic Crises in Europe and Provision of Online Public Goods

    This project analyses the interaction between the recent economic crises in Europe and the incentives for private provision of online public goods. Focusing on Wikipedia, one of the most salient examples of an…

  3. Project // 01.04.2014 – 31.10.2017

    Challenges and Opportunities Arising from Ubiquitous Working

    The technological potential for separating work from the workplace is constantly increasing. Mobile devices, mobile internet access and remote access to firms’ internal networks and data allow for working anywhere…

  4. Project // 01.04.2014 – 31.03.2016

    SEEK Project 2014: Resilience in Times of Crisis: The Role of ICT; Evidence for Europe

    The goal of the project is to analyse the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) for firms’, sectors’ and countries’ resilience in times of economic crisis.Firms using ICT in a smart way may be…

  5. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2014

    structure and regional heterogeneity in online markets

    The emergence of Internet commerce was expected to bring the markets closer towards perfect competition. On the demand side, using search engines consumers can process information on products at online and…

  6. Project // 01.12.2013 – 30.11.2016

    Smart Public Intangibles (SPINTAN)

    The SPINTAN project aims at discovering the theoretical and empirical underpins of public intangible policies. It widens previous work carried out by Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2005, 2009) including the public…

  7. Project // 01.09.2013 – 31.08.2015

    Does Extrovertedness Pay off? An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Social Media for Firm Success

    The purpose of the project is to analyse how firms’ extrovertedness affects their success. By extrovertedness we mean firms’ active use of social media and their passive presence in social media (media exposure).…

  8. Project // 01.08.2013 – 31.12.2014

    Patents and Trademarks as Complements for Performance of European Firms

    This project aims at analysing the complementarity of investment in patents and trademarks for firm performance by employing an extensive data set of European firms. Patents and trademarks are both intellectual…

  9. Project // 01.03. – 30.11.2013

    What determinses the Demand for Mobile Applications: the Role of Access Permissions

    The recent rise of smartphones and tablet PCs has undoubtedly been the most significant change in the market of end user computational devices over the last decade. An integral part of this revolution are…