Projects of the Research Unit Digital Economy

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.07.2007 – 30.11.2008

    Competition and Innovation: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

    The implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) has increased the productivity of industrialized economies in the last two decades. However, the process of adoption, use and diffusion of ICT…

  2. Project // 01.11.2006 – 31.12.2008

    Regulatory Concepts for Network Industries (Industrial Economics and ICT)

    The aim of this study is to collate and evaluate regulatory practices for network-based industries in Germany and Europe, in order to identify basic regulatory structures and those which recur in a number of…

  3. Project // 01.11.2006 – 31.12.2007

    Skill Formation and School Outcome: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk

    The research unit "Neuropsychology of Childhood and Adolescence" at the Central Institute of Mental Health and the educational group at the ZEW cooperated to study different development and environmental risks…

  4. Project // 01.08.2006 – 31.07.2008

    Skills, Computer Use and Social Integration

    The project considers the social integration of low-skilled young people under the conditions of a knowledge-based economy. An essential factor of social integration in Germany is the transition from school to…

  5. Project // 01.07.2006 – 31.12.2007

    Effects of ICT Diffusion on the Labour Market Situation of Women

    Over the last thirty years the participation of female employees in industrial countries has strongly increased whereas the wage difference between men and women has noticeably decreased. At the same time the…

  6. Project // 01.07.2006 – 30.06.2009

    Explaining Productivity Growth in Europe, America and Asia

    The aim of this project was to analyse five centrally linked aspects of economic growth:1. Management and Organisational PracticesThis part concentrated on understanding and explaining management and…

  7. Project // 01.03.2006 – 31.03.2007

    Interconnection and Competition among Internet Service Providers

    This project analyzes the network externalities present in the Internet and the effect these externalities have on the interconnection incentives of competing Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Internet is a…

  8. Project // 01.01.2006 – 30.06.2008

    Innovative Capabilities and the Role of Consultants in the Information Economy

    The main aim of this interdisciplinary project was to present a comprehensive analysis of the determinants and effects of the use of IT consulting. The project, which was split into three modules based on three…

  9. Project // 01.09.2005 – 29.02.2008

    Internationalisation of the IT-related services sector

    The focus of the research project INTERDIG was on the internationalisation of the IT-related services sector, especially of IT service providers and software firms in Germany. The aim was to develop concrete…