Data governance beyond compliance sees data as a strategicasset. It breaks the silos of data present at differentstages of the business process and in different businessunits while also making high-quality data available to allbusiness processes and all business units according totheir current...

The Russian attack on Ukraine has brought the question of the German Armed Forces' operational capability back into focus. National defense, which seemed to play only a minor role with the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union in 1991, now has gained a...

As envisioned by the European Commission, national boundaries are supposed to disappear under the Digital Single Market. Many small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) are not aware of the significant potentials and promises of big data for their business activities and models.

Data governance beyond compliance sees data as a strategicasset. It breaks the silos of data present at differentstages of the business process and in different businessunits while also making high-quality data available to allbusiness processes and all business units according totheir current...

This paper examines the competition effects of data portability among online platforms, providing policy recommendations for the preservation of innovative, undistorted competitive markets. Based on a platform-data model, it is illustrated how users, data and the products of a platform are...

The cooperation between established SMEs and innovative start-ups offers considerable opportunities for the respective companies and the German economy. New business models can be adopted, and innovative products can be jointly developed. In particular, the digitalisation of the 'German...

Die Corona-Krise hat die Defizite Deutschlands in der Digitalisierung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft schlagartig offengelegt. Die Zusammenarbeit von etabliertem Mittelstand und innovativen Start-ups - oft mit digitalen Geschäftsmodellen - bietet dabei große Chancen für die Beteiligten und...

In this paper we exploit a cohort specific pension reform to estimate the causal employment effect of changes in the financial incentives to retire. In particular we analyze the effect of the introduction of pension deductions for early retirement on female employment. For the empirical analysis...

In this paper we exploit a cohort-specific pension reform to estimate the causal labour market effects of changes in the financial incentives to retire. In particular, we analyze the effects of the introduction of cohort-specific deductions for early retirement on female retirement, employment...