Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-088 // 2012

    IT Outsourcing – A Source of Innovation? Microeconometric Evidence for Germany

    In 2006, on average 43% of the firms in the EU-15 practiced IT outsourcing (ITO). The determinants of ITO as well as firms' incentives to source out non-core activities have been examined extensively. As…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-087 // 2012

    Offshoring and ICT – Evidence for German Manufacturing and Service Firms

    Final goods and some services are nowadays often not only produced at one location but their value creation is organised within global value chains: Many firms source inputs, either intermediate goods or…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2012

    ICT, Internet and worker productivity

  4. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2012

    4. Quartal 2012

    • Verbesserte Geschäftslage sorgt für gute Stimmung zum Jahreswechsel
    • Internet spielt wichtige Rolle bei Innovationen
  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2012

    11/12 - 2012

  6. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2012

    Nr. 4 (Dezember) - 2012

    • Die Rezession in der Eurozone trübt deutsche Konjunkturerwartungen im vierten Quartal
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Novemberumfrage 2012
    • Stimmung bei Mediendienstleistern erstmalig seit…