In diesem Beitrag geht es um eine Betrachtung der Arbeitssituation, insbesondere der Arbeitsanforderungen und Ressourcen, von Basisarbeitenden. Dabei wird differenziert zwischen Basisarbeitenden, die immer oder häufig Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) im Arbeitsalltag nutzen...

Purpose There has been an avalanche of global natural disasters in recent times. In recent years approximately 210 million people were affected, an estimated economic cost of US$153bn was incurred and 68,000 deaths were recorded. This was a work up call that made it imperative for humanitarian...

There are essentially no large-scale datasets with detailed information on firm-level technology usage (as opposed to patent ownership) with broad coverage of technologies and firms over an extended period of time. Yet, technology usage is central to many fields of economics and finance. In this...