Am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts wandelt sich die alte Industriegesellschaft in eine digitale Wissensgesellschaft. In diesem Buch wird dieser grundlegende Wandel analysiert. Festnetz- und Mobilanwendungen des Internet werden vor dem Hintergrund der europäischen und globalen Deregulierung...

The internationalization of research and technology is one key component of the globalization of trade and business, with potentially major impacts on patterns of economic development and public policies worldwide. Particularly in the already highly globalized pharmaceutical industry, innovation...

In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic production function is the analytical starting point...