Der akademische Diskurs zu Digital Responsibility (DR) betrachtet die ethischen und nachhaltigkeitsorientierten Herausforderungen und Fragestellungen auf privater, organisationaler und gesellschaftlicher Ebene, welche entstanden sind durch die umfassende und transformierende Nutzung digitaler...

Smart products, such as smart household appliances, smart health devices or highly automated vehicles, are increasingly finding their way into everyday life. These products raise a number of economic and legal challenges, e.g. regarding product development, consumer acceptance, data privacy and...

Die PhD Summer School on Sustainable Supply Chains findet als B-Tagung an der FernUniversität Hagen statt. The EURO PhD Summer School will lead to the 4th Conference on Sustainable Supply Chains from June 29 to July 1, 2023 in Hagen. The school offers an active forum for PhD students and early...

Submissions can be made as theoretical and empirical contributions to the following tracks: Micro- and Macroeconomic Framework: Diffusion and Competition, Productivity, Labour Markets, Ethics and Regulation of AI Entrepreneurship and AI-driven Business Models and Strategies Managing AI: KPIs and...

We propose a general equilibrium model with oligopolistic output markets where two channels can cause a change in market power: (i) technology, via changes to productivity shocks and the cost of entry, (ii) market structure, via changes to the number of potential competitors. First, we...

We explore how firms grow by adding products. In contrast to most earlier work on the topic, our conceptual and empirical framework allows for separate treatment of product innovation (vertical differentiation) and diversification (horizontal differentiation). Chad Syverson Professor of...

We propose a simple explanation for the long-run decline in the startup rate. It was caused by a slowdown in labor supply growth since the late 1970s, largely pre-determined by demographics. This channel explains roughly two-thirds of the decline and why incumbent firm survival and average...

Potential topics and research questions include but are not limited to: - What are the conceptual commonalities and differences of the sustainability and BHR framing? - What are novel business practices and instruments to manage the human rights dimension of sustainability? - How does a human...

The focus of the event will be on the (group) biographies of exemplary "side-changers" from politics and business. On the basis of these biographies, the role of professional skills and expertise in these transitions will be examined, as well as the effect of the transitions on the respective...

We invite empirical, theoretical, methodological, and practical contributions addressing topics in SCM and Logistics related to one of the following tracks: - Innovation and Technology Management - Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 - Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain - Supply Chain...