How much has the German government spent on digital policy initiatives in recent years? This question cannot be answered ad hoc on the basis of the available data. The need for a centralised digital budget has…
WinWin4Worklife would like to help make flexible working arrangements (Remote Working Arrangements, RWA) in Europe healthy, integrative and sustainable.
The project has five main objectives: 1) to develop an…
Digital platforms largely transform the creator economy. By providing easy access for content producers and content consumers, decentralized information sharing has implications for democracy and culture, as…
Social media have lately become one of the primary information channels for many individuals, which was exacerbated during the recent pandemic. As such, social media is a major example of the ambivalence of…
Overview Many digital platforms operate as two-sided markets, facilitating the matching between sellers and buyers. Due to ICT developments, online marketplaces such as Amazon are increasingly relevant in our…
The purpose of the project is to measure the digitalisation of the German economy and to track its development over time. The results will serve as an…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) conducts a quarterly survey among companies in the information sector starting in the third quarter of 2011. The latter effort is a follow-up project, replacing the …
The current German government aims to make the 2020s "a decade of investment into the future”. In their coalition agreement, the coalition parties promise a significant increase in investment in climate …
In today's digitalized economy, data is considered a central resource and offers enormous innovation potential for operational value creation. Nevertheless, data is still insufficiently used and…