We study the age- and gender-specific labour market effects of two key modern technologies, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and robots, in 14 European countries between 2010 and 2018. To identify the causal effects of technology adoption, we utilise the variation in technology...

This report consists of three studies. The first study presents new empirical evidence on the impact of ICT/e-commerce activities on industry performance measured as employment and labour productivity growth. The second study presents new empirical evidence on the impact of ICT/e-commerce...

Applications such as iMessage, KakaoTalk, LINE, Signal, Skype, Snapchat, Threema, Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat have become an increasingly popular means of personal and business interaction. Surprisingly little academic effort has gone into understanding the nature and origin of these...

The logistics industry in Europe is under constant scrutiny due to the impact of digitalizing business processes and the globalization of competing markets, especially China and the USA. Therefore, the constant optimization of corporate legacy processes and, subsequently, the reduction of...