Does access to the broadband internet stimulate firm growth? In this paper, I analyze within-firm growth of established … firms caused by the access to faster internet using geocoded social-security data. I identify firm responses to the access … to the first generation of broadband internet and later speed upgrades by exploiting technological peculiarities of the …

This research report offers a comparative analysis of privacy and data protection in Germany and India. It compares the …

online participation is not significantly affected by sector affiliation, affiliation to East or West Germany nor information …

The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the … enterprise sector. Based on a survey of public research units in natural sciences and engineering in Germany, we analyse the … determinants of firm contacts established via the Internet. Special attention is paid to the effect of experiences in firm …