This excerpt discusses the differences between traditional economic activities and those in the digital economy, particularly in the realm of data-related industries. In the digital economy, there are distinct characteristics that set it apart, which are mirrored in a new network structure that...

Digital platforms, such as social media and video streaming sites, often collect large amounts of personal data from their users. In recent years, most platforms also start offering payment services, such as Apple Pay, Amazon Pay, and WeChat Pay. In this paper, we characterize conditions under...

This paper studies the effect of e-commerce on local labor markets. We exploit cross-market variation in e-commerce price advantage stemming from the enactment of the Amazon Tax-state-level legislation that mandates state sales taxes collection to out-of-state online retailers. Introducing...

Exploring and clarifying the value characteristics of the page content of cross-border e-commerce products that attract consumers will help cross-border e-commerce marketers optimize the page content of brand products and improve consumers' purchase intention. Combined with qualitative research...

This paper estimates the magnitude and distribution of surplus from the knowledge worker gig economy using data from an online labor market. Labor demand elasticities determine workers’ wages, and buyers’ past market experience shapes both their job posting frequency and hiring rates. We...

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets out the background and regulation applicable to the future designated gatekeepers who cater for core platform services. These gatekeepers, in the Commission’s own words, have put digital markets at large and their relations with business and end users in the...

YouTube is probably the world’s largest digital labour platform. YouTube creators report similar decent work deficits as other platform workers: economic and psychosocial impacts from opaque, error-prone algorithmic management; no collective bargaining; and possible employment...

Many e-marketplaces use national brand sellers' contract manufacturers to produce their e-commerce brand products, and some of the e-marketplaces also advertise that their e-commerce brand products have the same contract manufacturers as excellent national brand products to take advantage of the...

The research project is interdisciplinary in nature and covers EU internal market regulation, competition law and intellectual property law, taking into account comparative law elements. The project is implemented in an international research team, including Dr. hab. Maciej Bernatt and Dr. Laura...

The research project is interdisciplinary in nature and covers EU internal market regulation, competition law and intellectual property law, taking into account comparative law elements. The project is implemented in an international research team, including Dr. hab. Maciej Bernatt and Dr. Laura...