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The digital connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region is primarily shaped by the availability of ICT infrastructure, the … impact on (1) telecommunications infrastructure and services, and (2) ICT products. Despite trends towards liberalization …, the telecom and ICT sectors in Asia-Pacific economies are generally found to be heavily regulated. The predominance of …
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We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid programme for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German state of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using matched difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have – depending on...
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We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid program for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German State of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have – depending on broadband quality...
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Digitization is defined as the social transformation triggered by the massive adoption of digital technologies to … generate, process, share and transact information. Unlike other technological innovations, digitization builds on the evolution … their use. This paper presents a methodology followed to calculate the Digitization Index, a measure of country level of …
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Digitization is defined as the social transformation triggered by the massive adoption of digital technologies to … generate, process, share and transact information. Unlike other technological innovations, digitization builds on the evolution … their use. This paper presents a methodology followed to calculate the Digitization Index, a measure of country level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171171
The climate crisis requires that economies around the world achieve carbon Net Zero by 2050. However, average annual GHG emissions during the 2010s have continued to increase (albeit at a decelerating rate) relative to global emissions in the first decade of the 21st century (IPCC AR6). Most of...
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involvement of the entire community and ICT (Information and Communication Tools) in knowledge creation and aggregation. This … applications of ICT. The assessment methodology is developed using a pragmatic mixed-method research design where the theoretical …
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Digital therapeutics are increasingly used to complement traditional health care. In a pioneering move, Germany became the first country to introduce a structured regulatory framework — known as the DiGA scheme — that enables developers of digital therapeutics to be reimbursed in the...
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This paper provides evidence on the migration from an “old” technology to a “new” technology, taking into account the impact that regulatory interventions on the old one might have on the incentives to invest and adopt the new one. This analysis has been applied to a sample of EU27...
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Digital advertising markets are growing and attracting increased scrutiny. This paper explores four market inefficiencies that remain poorly understood: ad effect measurement, frictions between and within advertising channel members, ad blocking and ad fraud. These topics are not unique to...
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