Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW Documentation No. 17-01 // 2017

    The ZEW ICT Survey 2002 to 2015: Measuring the Digital Transformation in German Firms

    Modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been proliferating through the entire business sector over recent decades. This increasing digitalization is having a substantial impact on economic…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2017

    ICT and Global Sourcing - Evidence for German Manufacturing and Service Firms

    This paper analyses the relevance of information and communication technologies (ICT) for firms’ probability of global sourcing of inputs. Using firm-level data from Germany in 2009, which include mainly small…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2017

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

    Does IT outsourcing really influence firms' process innovativeness? We investigate this question with a distinguished view on manufacturing and service sectors. Previous studies suggest firms sourcing out IT…

  4. ZEW Newsletter // 2017

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  5. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2016

    4. Quartal 2016

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