Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2017

    4. Quartal 2017

    • Konjunkturelle Stimmung in der Informationswirtschaft steigt auf Langzeithoch
    • Die Zeit drängt – Starker Nachholbedarf bei der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-075 // 2017

    Mobile Applications and Access to Private Data: The Supply Side of the Android Ecosystem

    We analyze the data collection strategies of 65,000 developers in the market for mobile applications and track 300,000 applications over four years. Many apps belong to developers with multiple apps. This fact…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-053 // 2017

    BIG Data – BIG Gains? Empirical Evidence on the Link Between Big Data Analytics and Innovation

    This paper analyzes the relationship between firms’ use of big data analytics and their innovative performance in terms of product innovations. Since big data technologies provide new data information practices,…