Because of permanent efficiency examinations and pressure to justify costs in the marketing sector, most diverse kinds of online advertisement, also in connection with web 2.0 applications (social media marketing)…
Due to its manifold impacts on humanity and nature, global warming poses one of the most crucial challenges for our society in the present and the future. However, national abatement measures for anthropogenic…
Within the scope of the „Marine Environment Protection Committee“ (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), different instruments that can lead to a reduction of carbon emissions in international…
Non-aeronautical revenues have been recently gaining importance for airports around the world. Retailing as part of this revenue stream has become the fastest growing component of airport revenue and profit. The…
Starting point of our research are two empirical observations. First, over the past decade aggregate productivity performance was much lower in European countries than in the US which has raised concerns both in…
In recent years, the range of investment products offered by the finance industry has grown immensely. Traditional products such as bank deposits, equity and pension funds have been joined by new products, e.g.…
The purpose of the project was to analyse the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) for Germany as a site of innovation. Therefore, the current state of research about the quantitative effects…
A number of regulations aim at achieving energy and climate policy goals by mandatory increases of energy-efficiency. However, the resulting savings of energy can in reality be lower than the expected ones,…
The objective of ICTNET is to enhance coordination of the research in the economics of ICT in Europe. The project is built around a coordination group and a network of researchers.
Price and quota agreements in the context of so-called hardcore cartels typically cause damages due to excessive prices at downstream firm level. In recent years, these ‘private’ damages gained importance in…
The training programm "BERUFSSTART plus" intends to help students at secondary schools in Thuringia to improve the match between their competences and job aspirations and to improve the school-to-work transition.…