Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-117 // 2014

    ICT and Economic Growth – Comparing Developing, Emerging and Developed Countries

    This paper analyzes the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on economic growth in developing, emerging and developed countries. It is based on a sample of 59 countries for the period 1995…

  2. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2014

    4. Quartal 2014

    • Optimistische Stimmung setzt sich fort
    • Crowdworking noch weitgehend unbekannt
  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2014

    11/12 - 2014

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-101 // 2014

    Reassessing Competition Concerns in Electronic Communications Markets

    Central features of today’s electronic communications markets are complementarities between the different layers of the value chain, substitutability between some applications, network effects in the provision…

  5. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2014

    3. Quartal 2014

    • Leichte Eintrübung, aber konjunkturelle Stimmung weiterhin positiv
    • Schnelle und sichere Netze haben für Unternehmen die höchste Priorität
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-071 // 2014

    Combining Technology and Work Organization: An Analysis of Complementarity between IT and Decentralization across Firms of Different Size

    This paper examines whether information technology (IT) and decentralized work organization are complementary only for large firms or also for smaller firms. Empirical evidence, which suggests complementarity…