In this paper a network model is developed in which three players sequentially choose their strategies. In the first stage, a profit-maximizing network firm chooses the price and thus the size of the network. In the second stage the consumers decide whether to join in the network or not. In the...

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Weimar achieved urban recovery as a ‘consumer city' with sub-brandings like a population magnet with a high living-quality, a cultural city with touristic attractions, and a university city. Its intensive cultural promotion policies combined with urban regeneration programs have contributed to...

German Abstract: Ausgehend von einer knappen Einordnung in die bisherige Entwicklung der Wirtschaft werden die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf den nationalen wie internationalen Wettbewerb sowie die Arbeitsteilung analysiert. Digitalisierung kann zu großen Kosteneinsparungen führen, die...

The recent growth of Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft has given rise to many economic as well as legal questions. The assignment of (intellectual) property rights to the licensee as well as to players is an important issue, legal discussion has to...

Collection of several German essays on Functional Overlapping Competing Jurisdictions (FOCJ). Contents: - Appropriate tasks and legal forms - Financing a FOCJ for business development - Using FOCJ to stimulate growth and cluster formation - Technological progress as a decision criterion for...

In the current economic policy debate, there are often calls to reverse advanced developments in globalisation and the international division of labour. Reasons such as greater business resilience, political independence and, from a climate perspective, less harmful production argue for not...

We consider the implications of Germany's demographic development on the regional structure of rural hospital care. According to different predictions regional disparities will arise. This will lead to a legal conflict with the German constitution which demands nationwide close-to-home hospital...