We study platform markets in which the information about users' preferences is dispersed. First, we show how the dispersion of information introduces idiosyncratic uncertainty about participation decisions and how the latter shapes the elasticity of the demands and the equilibrium prices. We...

Information management secures the efficient exchange of data (e.g. from smart metering) in smart grids. Currently, national as well as regional information management systems are being developed. We discuss how the size of an information management system, i.e. the region covered by and the...

Dieser Bericht untersucht das Potential von Big Data in und für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU). Dafür werden mittels einer Umfrage, Fokus-Interviews und zusätzlichen Recherchen die Potentiale und Herausforderungen bei Big Data untersucht, welche für KMU zu Tragen kommen. Der Begriff...