This study was prepared by Nadine Fabritz while she was working at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in the Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in October...

Das Potenzial der mit dem Paradigma 'Internet der Dinge' verbundenen Technologien und Infrastrukturen entwickelt sich schleichend aber dennoch rasant und unaufhaltsam. Die Entwicklungen zum Internet der Dinge eröffnen durchaus ambivalente Perspektiven: Den hohen wirtschaftlichen Potenzialen und...

[1. Motivation und Einordnung] Menschen, die Opfer von Gewalttaten geworden sind, haben einen komplexen Versorgungs- und Unterstützungsbedarf, welcher sich auf verschiedenste Bereiche wie physische und psychische Gesundheit, ihre Arbeit und auch soziale Beziehungen erstreckt. Um diesen...

Small and medium enterprises are an important factor in the East African economies especially with respect to employment. The increasing competition through globalisation puts them under considerable pressure. Through the rapid spread of information and communication technologies (ICT) and ever...

This paper provides an empirical description of the relationshipbetween the trading system operated by a stockexchange and the transaction costs faced by heterogeneous investors who use the exchange. Therecent introduction ofSETS in the London Stock Exchange provides an excellent opportunity...

An increasingly influential technological-discontinuity paradigm suggests that IT-induced technological changes are rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some limited...