Digital platforms have become an important part of the digital economy by facilitatingtransactions between large numbers of users and by fostering innovation on collaborativeplatforms. It is striking that platform-based services are dominated by a small number ofglobal players. Most of them are...

Immer mehr Unternehmen entschließen sich dazu, ihr Geschäftsmodell digital auszuweiten. Dieser Trend ist auch im Bereich der personennahen Dienstleistungen spürbar. Um Zugriff auf die digitalen Serviceangebote zu erhalten, müssen potentielle Nutzer persönliche Daten preisgeben. In vielen...

Mit dem Outsourcing von Personalfunktionen und -prozessen wird in der Unternehmenspraxis versucht, Kosten- und Flexibilisierungsvorteile zu generieren. Während die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung zu den Determinanten von Outsourcing-Aktivitäten weit vorangeschritten ist, sind empirische...

Die Hartz-Reform vollzog sich in einer Reihe von markanten Einzelschritten zwischen 2003 und 2005 und ging mit einer Vielzahl von Veränderungen in allen Bereichen der aktiven und passiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik einher. Ein Kerngedanke der Hartz-Kommission bestand dabei darin, die Arbeitslosigkeit...

This article investigates the fundamental value of digital platforms, such as Facebook and Google. Despite the transformative nature of digital technologies, it is challenging to value digital services, given that the usage is free of charge. Applying the methodology of discrete choice...

Digital platforms have been reshaping the structure of whole industries. Whereas previous developments mainly have taken place within the business-to-consumer (B2C) or consumer-to-consumer (C2C) market, the business-to-business (B2B) market is at the edge of the so-called platform economy....

Old-age retirement benefits are a major concern among the Swiss population but estimating one's revenue after retirement is challenging due to the Swiss social system's complexity. In Switzerland, as with many other countries, the risk of poverty for retiree people is high, especially for women...

This study aimed to make an empirical analysis of the effects that the selection attributes of subscription services have on purchase intentions and continuous use intentions, based on the perceived value of digital platform-based subscription service users as a medium. A survey was conducted...

Innovation has been and continues to be an important theme in management literature, and almost any improvement upon the status quo could be regarded as some sort of innovation. Such an improvement could be made in terms of an increase of efficiency for an existing process or the creation of...