of public service provision in the digital era whereas others either argue against PSM on the internet at all or assign … competition online - an area that up to then seemed to have worked being left to the market. Though the extension of public … service providers towards the internet is legitimized by the European Commission it seems appropriate to analyze if there is a …

little, fierce competition between providers of similar services is expected. We consider a model where two e …-commerce intermediaries (internet shops) compete for sellers. We show that two non-identical shops may coexist in equilibrium if the …

This paper analyses the institutional framework for pharmacies in Germany and competition in that sector, which is … characterized by significant competition deficits. Based on our diagnosis and findings the advantages and disadvantages of two …

This paper gives a survey of the current state of competition in the German Broadband access market. Existing … regulations and their impact on the deployment of high-speed Internet access are evaluated. It is argued that facilities …-based competition is preferable to open-network regulations. The most prospective candidate as an independent network capable of …

This paper uses Granger non{causality tests to analyze if channel competition exists between the companion websites of …

The focus of this paper is on those elements of the Internet periphery and Internet service provision which are … strongly based on telecommunications, in particular Internet access and Internet backbone. Access to the Internet requires a … connection between the Internet user and the interface to the Internet service provider (ISP). Several access technologies exist …

The main internet problem is how to deal with temporary overload, which negatively affects quality-sensitive high value …

Das Internet ist stark durch Wettbewerb zwischen Plattformen geprägt, welche potenzielle Tauschpartner zusammenbringen …The Internet is characterized by competition between platforms which bring together potential partners of exchange. The … Konzentrationstendenzen und Markteintrittsbarrieren. Pauschal lässt sich zwar nicht feststellen, dass im Internet besonders viele dauerhaft …

companies typically compete with traditional companies in many different markets. The main challenge of this type of competition … functioning of markets and competition in it. Europe is lagging behind the United States with respect to the diffusion of Sharing …

Many Internet markets rely on feedback systems', essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and … trustworthiness in anonymous transactions. Market competition creates incentives that arguably may enhance or curb the effectiveness … of these systems. We investigate how different forms of market competition and social reputation networks interact in a …