Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. Refereed Journal // 2017

    IT Outsourcing - A Source of Innovation? - Microeconometric Evidence for Germany

    Does IT outsourcing really influence firms' process innovativeness? We investigate this question with a distinguished view on manufacturing and service sectors. Previous studies suggest firms sourcing out IT…

  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2017

    2016-07

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      • Financial Market Report Switzerland
      • ZEW Discussion Papers
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      IN GERMAN
      • ZEW-Fina…
  3. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2016

    4. Quartal 2016

    • Mit Optimismus ins neue Jahr
    • Social Media – Ungewisse Bedeutung, aber hohes Potenzial
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-092 // 2016

    IT Outsourcing and Firm Productivity: Eliminating Bias from Selective Missingness in the Dependent Variable

    Missing values are a major problem in all econometric applications based on survey data. A standard approach assumes data are missing-at-random and uses imputation methods, or even listwise deletion. This…