To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness),...

Der Anteil der Personen in Deutschland, die das Internet nutzen, nimmt stetig zu, vor allem durch eine häufigere Internetnutzung bei den Älteren. Immerhin jede/r Siebte ab 14 Jahren ist jedoch "offline", darunter vor allem ältere Personen, und damit einhergehend Personen mit geringer formaler...

Die Digitalisierung innerhalb der Wohnung nimmt fortwährend zu, vor allem auch durch vernetzte "Dinge" des "Internet of Things". Für die kommenden Jahre wird von einer noch stärkeren Verbreitung vernetzter Haushaltsgeräte, Unterhaltungstechnik und Alltagshelfer in Haushalten ausgegangen....

This paper looks at the emerging issues and problems in promoting competition policy and coordinating its implementation under regional arrangements, particularly the APEC and the ASEAN. Implementing competition policy is a big challenge. As the review of country experiences shows,...

In recent decades, Zimbabwe's development record has been disappointing. In the last few years, a severe drought and the Covid-19 pandemic have added to the country's development challenges. This paper is concerned with the long-run need to find a path toward faster growth in GDP, employment,...

The allocation of traffic between different transport modes follows transport user decisions which depend on the generalized cost of travel in the available alternatives. High Speed Rail (HSR) investment is a government decision with significant effects on the generalized cost of rail transport;...

In this analysis, we compare the determinants of the first-level and the second-level digital divide for private internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use to explain inequalities in internet intensity, explicitly...

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness),...

Die Entwicklung der Plattformökonomie ist ein zentraler Bestandteil der Digitalisierung der Kunden-Unternehmen-Beziehung, die Gesellschaft und Betriebe gleichermaßen erfasst. Im Handwerk haben sich eine Vielzahl an Plattformangeboten etabliert, die eine zunehmend stärkere Rolle für die...

Viewed in the light of the theory of accidental excellence, there is much to suggest that the success of the Internet and its various protocols derives from a communications technology accident, or better, a series of accidents. In the early 1990s, many experts still saw the Internet as an...