Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Web Mining for Innovation Ecosystem Mapping: A Framework and a Large-scale Pilot Study

    Existing approaches to model innovation ecosystems have been mostly restricted to qualitative and small-scale levels or, when relying on traditional innovation indicators such as patents and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-046 // 2020

    Intangible Capital Indicators Based on Web Scraping of Social Media

    Knowledge-based capital is a key factor for productivity growth. Over the past 15 years, it has been increasingly recognised that knowledge-based capital comprises much more than technological knowledge and that…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2020

    IT-Sicherheit aus ökonomischer Perspektive

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2020

    Capital Incentive Policies in the Age of Cloud Computing: An Empirical Case Study

    This paper assesses whether current policy environments are appropriate for the emergence of cloud computing technology. In particular, this research uses firm level data for Germany and the United Kingdom to…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-036 // 2020

    Capital Incentive Policies in the Age of Cloud Computing: An Empirical Case Study

    The following paper assesses whether current policy environments are appropriate for the emergence of cloud computing technology. In particular, this research uses firm-level data for Germany and the UK to…

  6. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2020

    2. Quartal 2020

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