Digitalization is increasingly central to economic growth strategies, yet robust macro-level evidence on the role of SME-led e-commerce remains limited. Drawing on the Resource-Based View, this study examines how SME digitalization, internet finance, and platform-based activities influence...

The continued digitalisation of banking systems has raised a demand for more reliable data-based decision-making, in particular when referring to financial forecasts as covered by e-banking applications. This research also investigates the usage of AI-based decision-making systems to facilitate...

This Note discussess the usefulness of Online Dispute Resolution (“ODR”) systems in pre-insolvency situations. Traditionally used in bilateral contractual disputes, ODR also presents prospects for expanding access to justice in the insolvency field. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises...

Political debates, campaigns, and advertising increasingly take place on online platforms. However, research on election communication has been significantly hampered as formerly accessible data sources have been withdrawn or commercialised. With the implementation of the EU Digital Services Act...

The FDZ Ruhr provides a dataset on commercial real estate advertisements in Germany, drawing from information obtained from the internet platform ImmoScout24. The dataset encompasses a wide range of real estate types, including but not limited to offices, retail, and hotels. It is important to...

This article examines the applicability of the Digital Services Act (DSA) to ChatGPT, arguing that it should be classified as a hybrid of the two types of hosting services: online search engines and platforms. This requires classifying search engines as hosting services, which we show is...

Millions of parents across Europe use mobile baby-tracking applications. These digital aides generate intimate data sets by accessing sensitive information about (un)born babies, pregnancies, and family caregiving routines. Crucially, the tracking infrastructures embedded in these apps enable...

The FDZ Ruhr provides a dataset on commercial real estate advertisements in Germany, drawing from information obtained from the internet platform ImmoScout24. The dataset encompasses a wide range of real estate types, including but not limited to offices, retail, and hotels. It is important to...