A strong innovation performance based on R&D, product development and the implementation of advanced production technologies is key for the long-term competitiveness of European economies. This study investigates the effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation activities of the firm...

European countries are currently faced with a variety of challenges, ranging from the new global distribution of economic activity, the diffusion of new, radical technologies to the aging of its population, youth unemployment and the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis. These...

This paper addresses the relationship between technical change and the elasticity of substitution between factors of production. It is shown how the elasticity within a CES production setting can change due to technical change. Technical change is interpreted in the spirit of horizontal...

Over the last decade, information technology has contributed significantly to the evolution of financial markets, without, however, revolutionising the way in which financial institutions interact with one another. This may be about to change, as some market players are now predicting that new...

Dienstleistungsunternehmen nutzen mehr neue digitale Technologien als das Verarbeitende Gewerbe, wie beispielsweise digitale Vertriebswege und digitale Dienstleistungen. Unternehmensnahe Dienstleister nutzen im Schnitt 2,4 von acht abgefragten neuen digitalen Technologien, gesellschaftsnahe...

Die Auswirkungen des digitalen Wandels auf die Entwicklung der Beschäftigung bleiben weiterhin diffus. Auf Unternehmensebene sind zur Zeit keine systematischen Effekte zu beobachten, die allgemeine Aussagen erlauben. Unternehmen 4.0 weisen zwar häufiger eine positive Beschäftigungsentwicklung...

This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using microeconometric methods. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction. Chapter 2 uses a randomised field experiment among German human resource managers to evaluate which skill signals such as...

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...

Unlike conventional contracts established through speech, written words, or actions, smart contracts are algorithmic, self-executing and self-enforcing computer programs. In this article, we analyze smart contracts from the perspective of digital platforms and the Finnish contract law. We...