The Patentatlas by Greif and Schmiedl (2002) represents an important source for patent data in Germany. Its use for … industry-specific studies is however problematic because the correct assignment of patent data classified by technological … Classification …

. Based on e-business watch data for EU-4 (Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom) we find that the actual use of … significantly positively correlated to either sectoral skill intensity or information technology intensity. The results from the … empirical analysis based on Community Innovation survey (CIS 3) data confirm the hypothesis that the introduction of business …

emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two … data-driven markets, whereas platform economics appear to be already well-established. …