Empfehlenswertes Lehrbuch für Studenten (auch Dozenten) aus Wirtschaft, Wirtschaftsinformatik und medien-lastigen Studiengängen, das systematisch in die Internet-Ökonomie - also Geschäftsbeziehungen, die auf Internet-Technologien aufbauen - einführt. (Roland Roth-Steiner)

This paper provides an overview of the relevant economic research literature on platforms or multi-sided online markets. It discusses platforms from a regulatory policy angle, including potential market failures in platforms, the extent of self-regulation and possible regulatory responses...

Between 2009 and 2012 the percentage of online consumers in the EU who made online purchases in another EU Member State increased from 8 to 11 percent, below the target of 20 percent put forward in the EU Digital Agenda. Both, subjective perceptions on the consumer side or objective barriers on...

An important EU Digital Single Market policy objective is to achieve an open and integrated market for online e-commerce in the EU, to make it easy for consumers to go outside their domestic market and shop online in other EU Member States. This study applies a standard gravity model of...

Several studies have examined the market value of paid-for internet services and internet access. This paper estimates the value of leisure time spent online for which the consumer pays no monetary price and which has become increasingly important as a leisure activity. We apply a methodology...