Auf vielen Netzeffektmärkten, so auch auf den Informations- und Kommunikationsgütermärkten, steigt der Produktnutzen zumeist mit einer zunehmenden Verbreitung des jeweiligen Produktes. Dieser Größenvorteil führt laut Netzeffekttheorie häufig zu einer Monopolisierung bzw. Standardisierung...

In this paper we analyze the evolution of output decisions of adaptive firms in an environment of oligopolistic competition. The firm might either choose to produce one of several existing product variants or try to establish a new product variant on the market....

This paper discusses the formation of organizational knowledge of boundedly rational Economic agents and studies the necessity of hierarchical coordination of economic agents. We consider a firm that consists of a management and N subordinated shops....

Due to Germany’s specific farm structure, the progressive modulation of direct payments decided within the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is of particular relevance for German agriculture. In this paper we apply the agent-based model AgriPoliS to shed some light on the...

Population aging challenges pay-as-you-go pension systems. Solving the associated funding problem constantly motivates reform processes. In addition to an aging population, specific regulations of the German public pension system lead to an increasing financial burden of national finances. To...