Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important for employment, innovation and growth. However, due to their size, SMEs experience a number of restrictions which also lead to a low degree of internationalization. To promote their internationalization, the European Union plans to...

Dieser Aufsatz analysiert den Einfluss der Unternehmensrechtsform auf die Internationalisierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU). Entsprechend der aus der Law and Economics-Literatur und dem Transaktionskostenansatz abgeleiteten Hypothese sollte eine haftungsbegrenzte...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are shaping our everyday lives both as consumers as well as in the work place. But it is of a rather recent date that ICT also show a more than trivial impact on the political sphere, which is characterized by collective decision-making. Assessing...

Institutions matter both for long-term economic evolution as well as for more short-termed economic performance. The law is particularly important in shaping the institutional framework for economic activities. This paper gives an overview of typical evolutionary explanations of legal change,...

With the advance of smart IoT devices (Internet of Things) the amount of valuable data will increase dramatically. For much of the thus generated non-personal data no legal rights exist. In its Data Act (DA) draft the EU Commission proposes new data access and sharing rights for the users of IoT...

Insurance intermediaries can help consumers to economize on information and transaction costs in insurance markets. This book analyzes conduct and performance in the market for insurance information services by applying search theoretical and industrial organization approaches. Based on a sample...

Obwohl die Kompetenz zur Ausgestaltung ihrer sozialen Sicherungssysteme nach wie vor bei den Mitgliedstaaten der europäischen Union liegt, wendet der Europäische Gerichtshof seiner bisherigen Tradition folgend das europäische Gemeinschaftsrecht zunehmend auch auf die wirtschaftliche Seite...