, some technologies, especially blockchain applications, are often criticized for harming the environment, e.g. due to high … energy demand. In our study, we present a novel approach to identify sustainability-focused blockchain companies and relate … show that blockchain remains a niche technology, with its use communicated by about 0.6% of US companies. However, the …

Although blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity over the past years, there does not seem … blockchain provides is commitment. I develop a model of an entrepreneur, who can create a network for her users. She can decide … network with a decentralized implementation through the blockchain. Users that join the network are subject to a locked …

-related intangibles in government beyond software (including e.g., IT-training, innovation in e-services), (3) investigate how to form …

Due to the omnipresence of digital technologies in the economy, measuring firm digitalisation is of high importance …-scale estimates of firm digitalisation. We use a transfer learning approach to capture the latent definition of digitalisation. For … content. The predictions are used as a continuous indicator for firm digitalisation. Plausibility checks confirm the link to …

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked hope that firm digitalisation will result in long-lasting reductions in mobility and … firm digitalisation can be associated with changes in mobility during the Covid-19 crisis in Germany, both when strong … digitalisation based on firm websites. We aggregate our firm digitalisation indicator at the district level and link it to changes in …