Der hier dokumentierte Workshop, der am 14. Dezember 2001 im Japanisch-Deutschen Zentrum Berlin stattfand, setzt die im Vorjahr begonnene Auseinandersetzung um die Auswirkungen der 'New Economy' fort. Das Thema behandelt in theoretischer und landesspezifischer, auch vergleichender, Perspektive...

Die Integration der Geschäftsaktivitäten der Unternehmung wird zunehmend entscheidend für die Schaffung und Stabilisierung von Wettbewerbsvorteilen. Dies gilt insbesondere angesichts völlig neuer Möglichkeiten durch die Informationstechnik, die die Integration ganzer Unternehmen und Märkte...

We study the impact of insurance on the amount of fraud in a physician-patient relationship. In a market for credence goods, where prices are regulated by an authority, physicians act as experts. Due to their informational advantage, physicians have an incentive to cheat by inducing...

Audit mechanisms frequently take place in the context of repeated relationships between auditor and auditee. This paper focuses attention on the insurance fraud problem in a setting where insurers repeatedly verify claims satisfied by service providers (e.g., affiliated car repairers or members...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a tool that financial intermediaries and insurance companies use or are willing to use in almost all their activities. AI can have a positive impact on almost all aspects of the insurance value chain: pricing, underwriting, marketing, claims management, and...

This paper investigates the impact of insurance contract design on the behavior of filing fraudulent claims in an experimental setup. We test how fraud behavior varies for insurance contracts with full coverage, a straight deductible or variable premiums (bonus-malus contract). In our...