We develop a methodology for testing Hick's induced innovation hypothesis by estimating a product-characteristics model … the products we explored, the evidence suggests: (i) the rate of overall innovation was independent of energy prices and … regulations, (ii) the direction of innovation was responsive to energy price changes for some products but not for others, (iii …

This paper empirically shows that innovation in Information Technology (IT) has become increasingly dependent on and … intertwined with innovation in software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had differential effects on the … performance of the United States and Japan, two of the largest producers of IT globally. We document this linkage between software …

[open standards enabled] interoperability. None of these map easily to factors identified in previous Diffusion of … Innovations (DOI) related IS research. In spite of standards being originally seen as strengths, it was found that the lack of IT … industry agreement on the next generation of Web Services standards is now emerging as a perceived constraint. Variants of the …

innovation, either to reduce production costs for a given output, to create a new product or service, or to deliver products to …

Die Regulierung eines Marktes ist das Ergebnis eines komplexen Prozesses, der sowohl von politischen als auch … Regulierung beeinflussen können. Der erste Teil behandelt die Liberalisierung des Markteintritts im Mobilfunkmarkt in OECD Ländern … getroffene Selektion, dann zeigt es sich, dass die Regulierung zwar im allgemeinen in die gewünschte Richtung gearbeitet hat …

Diese Dissertation untersucht die Regulierung von Krankenversicherungsmärkten und dabei insbesondere …