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Die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie ist durch hohe Kosten, strukturelle Herausforderungen und globale … gegenwärtigen Investitionsstaus kann durch eine gesamteuropäische, wettbewerbsorientierte und strategische Industriepolitik gelingen …. Die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands und Europas hängt entscheidend davon ab, gezielt in neue Technologien und …
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The advent of cloud computing promises to improve the way firms utilize IT solutions. Firms are expected to replace large and inflexible fixed-cost investments in IT with more targeted variable spending in cloud solutions. In addition, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of...
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The advent of cloud computing promises to improve the way firms utilize IT solutions. Firms are expected to replace large and inflexible fixed-cost investments in IT with more targeted variable spending in cloud solutions. In addition, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of...
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This paper presents a broad retrospective evaluation of mergers and merger decisions in markets dominated by multisided digital platforms. First, we document almost 300 acquisitions carried out by three major tech companies—Amazon, Facebook, and Google—between 2008 and 2018. We cluster...
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We investigate the impact of competition policy enforcement on the functioning of European energy markets while accounting for sectoral regulation. For this purpose, we compile a novel dataset on the European Commission's (EC) and EU member states' competition policy decisions in energy markets...
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In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the alleged abuse of a joint dominant position by strategically withholding generation capacity in the German wholesale electricity market. The case was settled after E.ON agreed to...
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We study the determinants of common European merger policy over its first 25 years, from 1990 to 2014. Using a novel dataset at the level of the relevant antitrust markets and containing all relevant merger cases notified to the European Commission, we evaluate how consistently arguments related...
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Cloud-Computing ist für Unternehmen eine kostengünstige und flexible Art der IT-Nutzung, ohne dass Investitionen in die … eigene, teure und starre IT-Infrastruktur notwendig sind. Daher wird erwartet, dass die Nutzung von Cloud-Diensten sich in … geringeren IT-Investitionen niederschlägt und zugleich die Produktivität erhöht. Ob dem tatsächlich so ist, wird mit Hilfe von …
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