Relationships between bounded rationality and transaction cost theories are discussed and their connections with stochastic theories of industrial evolution are considered. While these theories have their limitations, they are useful but have been ignored in many public policy prescriptions,...

Since the mid-1990s, competition in the Austrian product markets has become markedly more vigorous, driven by "externally induced" competition-oriented structural reforms. In terms of product market regulation, Austria ranks in the middle range in international comparisons. Same as other...

We discuss competition policy issues of vertical integration in internetbased two-sided markets against the background of the Google antitrust allegations. Network effects and economics of scale often lead to dominating companies, which are integrated over several markets. This implies...

We discuss competition policy issues of vertical integration in internetbased two-sided markets against the background of the Google antitrust allegations. Network effects and economics of scale often lead to dominating companies, which are integrated over several markets. This implies...

With the amendment to the cartel law in 2002, a new institutional basis had been established for competition policy in Austria. Responding to domestic and European pressure to reform, legislators provided the groundwork for setting up the Federal Competition Authority and Federal Cartel...

Im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes zur Reform einer öffentlichen Verwaltung thematisiert der Beitrag die Übertragung personalwirtschaftlicher Praktiken des privaten Sektors auf öffentliche Verwaltungen. Ausgehend von dem Ansatz eines New Public Management implizieren die Annahmen des...

In der Standortdiskussion, in der es insbesondere um die Eignung Deutschlands für die Herstellung von Industrieprodukten geht, spielt auch die öffentliche Verwaltung, die für die Genehmigung und Überwachung von Industrieanlagen zuständig ist, eine wichtige Rolle. Die Exekutive hat...

Um den Wirtschaftlichkeitsanforderungen an E-Government-Dienstleistungen gerecht zu werden, werden geeignete Zahlungsverfahren benötigt, die die effiziente und sichere Vereinnahmung von Erlösen und Gebühren ermöglichen. Anbieter von Online-Transaktionen sehen sich dabei einer...