This paper is a comment on the analysis of the German security industry by Stuchtey and Skrzypietz (2014). The comment focuses on two issues. Firstly, it argues that it is advantageous for the research agenda of the authors to conceptualize security as a human need and not as an economic good....

Klappentext: In diesem Band wurden Beiträge von Autoren zusammengestellt, die Prof. Dr. Udo Müller im Laufe seines wissenschaftlichen Werdeganges begleitet haben. Entsprechend der großen Bandbreite seiner Interessen und Tätigkeitsbereiche in Forschung und Lehre umfasst dieses Buch ein...

We review the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office Germany) decision on the proposed merger between Springer and ProSiebenSat.1 from an economic point of view. In doing so, it is not our goal to analyse whether the controversial decision by the Bundeskartellamt has been correct or flawed from...

This report on new economic insights summarizes the evolutionary perspective on the theory of economic policy. It emphasizes the limited competence of governments and other agencies to pre-design the evolution of the economic system and markets. In doing so, it nevertheless identifies general...

The article reviews recent developments and the current state of the global steel markets. Special emphasis is given on the transition from an industry in crisis towards a new boom industry and the global concentration process through mergers & acquisitions among steel companies

The importance of digital platforms and related data-driven business models is ever in-creasing and poses challenges for the workability of competition in the respective markets (tendencies towards dominant platforms, paying-with-data instead of traditional money, privacy concerns, etc.). Due to...

The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...

The paper discusses the intensively discussed problem of financial crisis, overburdening debts and insolvencies in professional European football. The academic literature identifies several special characteristics of professional football leagues that allegedly lead to a systematic...

The COVID pandemic caused the political competition between the prime ministers of the German states to reach its peak. Whoever is the best at announcing, launching, or implementing policies to combat the pandemic can hope to capitalize most politically. In this paper, we attempt to document...

We try to better understand possible reasons for deviations between statistically-measured competitive balance (CB) and perceived CB. Moreover, we suggest answers to the following questions: are there specific dimensions of CB that are perceived to be significantly less balanced in the Danish...