[Einleitung ...] Im Folgenden soll anhand empirischer Daten untersucht werden, wie sich das Profil der WI hinsichtlich der angewandten Forschungsmethoden in den letzten sechs Jahren entwickelt hat. Konkret werden folgende Ziele adressiert: - Erstens sollen die Einsatzhäufigkeiten der...

Recent information privacy research has started to spark a debate about privacy infringements that happen not on an individual, but on a multi-party level. Here, a person's own information privacy is affected by the decisions of others – a phenomenon referred to as interdependent privacy....

Website providers find it increasingly difficult to convince users to accept advertisements (ads) on their websites. In this study, we investigate ad quantity customization (AQC) as a practice to counter these challenges. AQC refers to the technological means through which website providers...

Führungskräfte erkennen zunehmend, wie wichtig digitale Geschäftsmodelle sind, um die digitale Transformation in Unternehmen mit bestehenden nicht-digitalen Geschäftsmodellen erfolgreich umzusetzen. Dennoch fehlt oft das Bewusstsein für Synergien, die durch koexistente digitale und...

COVID-19 caused significant challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the event industry. To address these challenges, many SMEs leveraged information and communication technologies (ICTs), with some even emerging strengthened from the crisis. Drawing on the...

E-marketplace platforms focus on attracting and retaining sellers to secure the platform's long-term viability and success. Although sellers' behavioral intentions have been linked to control modes deployed on e-marketplace platforms, little is known about how and why perceptions of input...

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have recently emerged as a new financing instrument for entrepreneurial ventures, spurring economic and academic interest. Nevertheless, the impact of exogenous and endogenous signals on the performance of ICOs as well as the effects of the cryptocurrency hype and...

To augment traditional monetization strategies, digital platform providers increasingly draw on gamblification (i.e., the use of gambling design elements). By means of gambling design elements (e.g., lottery tickets, scratch cards, loot boxes), platform providers do not only entertain users but...