The aim of this study is to collate and evaluate regulatory practices for network-based industries in Germany and Europe, in order to identify basic regulatory structures and those which recur in a number of…
The research unit "Neuropsychology of Childhood and Adolescence" at the Central Institute of Mental Health and the educational group at the ZEW cooperated to study different development and environmental risks…
The project considers the social integration of low-skilled young people under the conditions of a knowledge-based economy. An essential factor of social integration in Germany is the transition from school to…
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…
Over the last thirty years the participation of female employees in industrial countries has strongly increased whereas the wage difference between men and women has noticeably decreased. At the same time the…
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…
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…
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…
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…