The importance of accessing the Internet anywhere anytime has been high on the agenda of policy makers and businesses. Despite this awareness of the importance of mobile broadband access, there continue to be significant differences in mobile broadband adoption and uses among countries. Although...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are an important determinant of productivity growth and innovation. This study examines the effects of sector regulation on innovation in telecommunications and related information industries. A typology of innovation processes in ICT industries...

This paper relates to current concerns about the high concentration of digital platform markets and the effects of large companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, on innovation. Several stakeholders and analysts assert that digital platforms have become so dominant that they...

Die Studie bereichert die Politikanalyse mit neuen institutionellen und evolutionstheoretischen Ansätzen. In einer Untersuchung langfristiger organisationsstruktureller Entwicklungspfade im Telekommunikationssektor werden Konvergenzprozesse zu institutionellen Gleichgewichten herausgearbeitet....

Das deutsche Bildschirmtextsystem hat die Hoffnungen seiner Protagonisten nicht erfüllt. Vor Jahren als Wegbereiter der Informationsgesellschaft gepriesen, wird es heute nur von einem beschränkten Nutzerkreis eingesetzt. Warum diese stockende Entwicklung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland -...

Information exchange in policy networks is usually attributed to preference similarity, influence reputation, social trust and institutional actor roles. We suggest that political opportunity structures and transaction costs play another crucial role and estimate a rich statistical network model...