Whether behavioural economics has a fundamental influence on economics is debated by behavioural and heterodox economists as well as by methodologists and historians of economics. At the core of this debate is the question whether behavioural economics is shaped by large-scale content imports...

Information and communication technologies have long been predicted to make cities as hubs of economic organisation obsolete and spread economic opportunities to rural areas. However, the actual trend in the 21st century has been the opposite. Knowledge spillovers have fuelled urbanisation and...

The digital transformation is driving revolutionary innovations and new market entrants threaten established sectors of the economy such as the automotive industry. Following the need for monitoring shifting industries, we present a network-centered analysis of car manufacturer web pages. Solely...

The real estate industry is traditionally a slow-moving asset class. The recent hype around real estate technology or 'PropTech' stands in stark contrast to this traditional view on real estate. It has been argued by PropTech entrepreneurs, tech evangelists and scholars that this 'digital...

Information and communication technologies have long been predicted to spread economic opportunities to rural areas. However, the actual trend in the 21st century has been the opposite. Knowledge spillovers have fueled urbanization and pulled job-seekers into large cities, increasing the gap...

This paper empirically studies the effect of acquisitions made by the large US-based technology companies on the entry dynamics and venture capital financing in dif-ferent product markets. We use data from 742 prod-uct markets globally, distinguishing the US and Euro-pean markets, for the years...

The competitive effects of acquisitions made by large US-based technology companies have come under increased regulatory scrutiny over recent years because their acquisition patterns have been viewed as potentially harming competition. This paper studies the impact of acquisitions by large...

Purpose. This study presents a structured investigation of the most important causes for delay in com- mercial real estate transactions. It assesses the potential of digital technologies such as ’Blockchain’, ’Property Passports’ or ’Automated Valuation Models’ to make transactions...