Background: The freight forwarding industry is undergoing digital transformation through the implementation of online platforms designed to enhance operational efficiency and transparency. Despite these benefits, the adoption of these platforms has been slower than anticipated due to customer...

Introduction: data fields of dreams -- A brief history of good choices -- Female labor and digital media : pattie maes and the birth of recommendation systems and social networking technologies -- Mapping the stars : Tivo, Netflix, and Digg's digital media distribution and talking back to...

Dieser Band beschreibt die Entwicklung der modernen Konsumgesellschaft von ihren Anfängen in den vorindustriellen Gesellschaften des 17./18. Jahrhunderts bis heute. Stephan Wallaschkowski zeigt auf, wie sich die industrielle Revolution und der fortschreitende Konsumwandel im Sinne einer steten...

Households across Europe are struggling with a double crisis-the worst inflation shock since the World War II and a sudden correction in house prices. There is a rich literature on how housing price cycles affect consumer spending, finding mixed results with a wide range of consumption responses...

Could temporary tax cuts stimulate consumer spending? Sector-specific measures to the COVID-19 pandemic provides a quasi-experimental variation in consumption patterns to infer a causal effect of tax policy changes. Using a novel dataset of daily debit and credit card transactions, this paper...