Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Digitale Ökonomie

  1. ZEW Monthly // 2025

    07/2025 – Daten

    Daten sind der Treibstoff der digitalen Wirtschaft – sie ermöglichen neue Geschäftsmodelle, treiben Innovationen voran und verändern Entscheidungsprozesse grundlegend. Doch wie lässt sich aus der Datenflut…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-037 // 2025

    “Dance to my Tune!” Discovery Mode and Built-In Recommendation Bias

    We examine the strategic considerations and effects of product placement services in digital content aggregators, focusing in particular on Spotify’s “Discovery Mode”. Discovery Mode introduces bias in users’…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-036 // 2025

    Disclosure Risk for Firms in Combined Firm-Datasets

    Past studies have successfully shown that the level of anonymisation of scientific use files (SUF) is sufficiently high to protect against disclosure attacks that use data from traditional firm databases.…

  4. Fachzeitschrift // 2025

    Homeoffice – Corona-Hype oder langfristiges Erfolgsmodell?

    The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in remote work. This article explores whether the widespread adoption of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a temporary response or a…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-034 // 2025

    Market Entry of Digital Health Providers after the Introduction of a New Reimbursement Pathway

    Digital therapeutics are increasingly used to complement traditional health care. In a pioneering move, Germany became the first country to introduce a structured regulatory framework — known as the DiGA scheme…

  6. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2025

    1. Quartal 2025

    • Langzeittief in der Informationswirtschaft
    • Unternehmen versichern sich gegen Cyberattacken