This Policy Brief proposes the establishment of an agreement on conformity assessment between the EU and the US that covers machinery and electrical equipment. The initiative aims to increase the number of European and US conformity assessment bodies authorized to test and certify EU and US...

The EU published its new Standardisation Strategy in 2022. The strategy contains some good ideas to improve the way European standards are set. However, in its attempt to gain more control over technical standards, the EU risks killing the goose that lays the golden egg. The primary motivation...

The EU must embrace international cooperation and collaboration in technology-driven industries to ensure competitiveness and global relevance, while also considering the drawbacks of isolationist policies. The EU's commitment to open markets and global cooperation has historically been its...

Der Umbau zur Informationsgesellschaft durch die rasante Verbreitung der Internetnutzung wird gravierende Änderungen für das Wirtschaftsgeschehen mit sich bringen, von denen praktisch alle Unternehmen und Unternehmensbereiche betroffen sein werden. Diese Entwicklung eröffnet kleinen und...

Cross-border data flows are an integral mechanism of today's economy, impacting a country's competitiveness and growth. All economic sectors rely on secure, cost-efficient and real-time access to data. A requirement that all data-related business processes must take place within a country does...

The German book market has been changing during the last decade. Electronic publishing has started to play a significant role and continues to become more and more important. New technological advancements lead to new challenges for pub-lishers as well as sellers. The paper XML-based Text...

Die vorliegende Studie liefert auf Basis einer Befragung von Unternehmen in Deutschland Ergebnisse zu deren Plänen, künftig mit anderen Unternehmen Data Sharing zu betreiben. An der Befragung beteiligten sich im Januar 2023 rund 1.400 Unternehmen aus dem Verarbeitenden Gewerbe und der...

In the beginning of the 1990’s, various fragmented information networks of the Internet were combined into one integrated network of systems. As a result, the commercial utilization of the Internet boomed, creating completely new business models and economic structures in the process. A...

At the beginning of the 1990s, the Internet’s various fragmented information networks were combined into one integrated network of systems. As a result, the commercial utilization of the Internet boomed, creating com- pletely new business models and economic structures in the process. A...

The majority of digital platform research has focused on consumer-centric platforms. Driven by the vast growth potential of direct consumer market access, industrial communities locked behind the conventional gatekeepers in their respective value chains have lately started to tinker with their...