In diesem Beitrag wird die Frage beleuchtet, inwieweit Personalrecruiter das Internet nutzen, um den persönlichen Hintergrund ihrer Bewerber auszuleuchten. Während das Thema in den Tagesmedien ausführlich erörtert wurde, beginnt die Forschung gerade erst, sich dafür zu interessieren. Mit...

As a rule, economic models assume that economic agents are rational and maximise their utility. Experimental economic research in particular attempts to verify this assumption under artificial conditions using laboratory tests. Experiment results must be carefully interpreted, as laboratory...

Volkswirtschaftliche Modelle unterstellen im Regelfall rationale, nutzenmaximierende Wirtschaftssubjekte. Insbesondere die experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung versucht mit Hilfe von Laborexperimenten – also unter künstlichen Bedingungen -, diese Verhaltensannahme zu verifizieren bzw. zu...

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...

This paper uses Granger non{causality tests to analyze if channel competition exists between the companion websites of 93 German newspapers observed between I/1998 and II/2005. It provides econometric evidence for significant negative effects of companion website tra?c on the print circulation...

This paper investigates if significant differences exist between online and paper & pencil participants in a quarterly business survey in the German business?related services sector when respondents may freely choose to respond either online or by more conventional methods. It also analyzes the...

The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the enterprise sector. Based on a survey of public research units in natural sciences and engineering in Germany, we analyse the determinants of firm contacts established via the...

What happens to demand if a magazine launches a website? This question is empirically analyzed for the German women?s magazine market, a particularly large segment of the German magazine where fierce competition is reigning. Models for differentiated product demand are estimated on panel data...