Social norms are usually neglected in economics, because they are to a large extent enforced through non-market interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, we offer a direct measure of the social norm to work and we show that this norm has important economic effects. The...

Fallstudienbasierte Analysen kommen zum Schluss, dass etablierte Unternehmen im Durchschnitt scheitern, wenn sie versuchen gleichzeitig zwei Geschäftsmodelle, ein bestehendes und ein neues, zu betreiben. Diese widerspricht jedoch der Wahrnehmung von Geschäftsmodellinnovation in der Literatur....

Increasing the attractiveness of voting is often seen as a remedy for unequal par- ticipation and the influence of special-interest groups on public policy. However, lower voting costs may also bring less informed citizens to the poll inviting efforts to sway these voters. We substantiate this...