Mit der Amtsübernahme von Donald Trump zeichnet sich eine Entwicklung der US-Technologiepolitik ab, die für Deutschland und Europa eine Gefahr darstellt. Die großen US-Technologiekonzerne scheinen willens, Trumps Bemühen um eine autoritäre Umgestaltung der USA mitzutragen - als...

This paper examines how the rise of Over-the-Top (OTT) or Content and Application Provider (CAP) services reshapes the revenue and investment behavior of telecommunications operators in mobile and fixed broadband markets. A micro-founded theoretical framework links OTT engagement to operators’...

Mit der Amtsübernahme von Donald Trump zeichnet sich eine Entwicklung der US‑Technologiepolitik ab, die für Deutschland und Europa eine Gefahr darstellt. Die großen US-Technologiekonzerne scheinen willens, Trumps Bemühen um eine autoritäre Umgestaltung der USA mitzutragen - als...

Digitale Märkte sind von verschiedenen Besonderheiten geprägt, wie geringeren Kosten und Preisen, intermediären Geschäftsmodellen und einer zentralen Bedeutung von Daten und Innovationen. Einige dieser Besonderheiten wirken selbstverstärkend und stellen das Kartellrecht vor neue...

In this conceptual paper, we discuss four future scenarios of the financial industry, illustrating a potential industry configuration. We take a legitimacy-based perspective on future business models, highlighting interdependencies between legitimacy, regulation policy, and industry structure....

In this paper, we consider two platforms that compete for the development of a new product to integrate into their ecosystems. The new product can be developed either inhouse by the platforms or by an independent startup active only in the technology market. The presence of the startup affects...

As digital platforms have become more integral to not just how we live, but also to how we do politics, the rules governing online expression, behavior, and interaction created by large multinational technology firms—popularly termed ‘content moderation,’ ‘platform governance,’ or...

In this paper, we consider two platforms that compete for the development of a new product to integrate into their ecosystems. The new product can be developed either inhouse by the platforms or by an independent startup active only in the technology market. The presence of the startup affects...

The European Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a regulatory framework designed to address competition concerns in digital markets by imposing specific prohibitions and obligations on the core platform services of so-called gatekeepers. As the DMA is the first regulation of its kind worldwide,...

The European Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a regulatory framework designed to address competition concerns in digital markets by imposing specific prohibitions and obligations on the core platform services of so-called gatekeepers. As the DMA is the first regulation of its kind worldwide,...

This work aims to conduct a scientometric study on the research published by digital platforms known as Big Tech (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Netflix), giving an overview of the publications' growth, distribution by document's types, research themes and affiliations' profile. All data...

I combine quantitative methodologies and in-depth interviews to analyse United States Big Tech different strategies to organize and profit from their AI corporate innovation systems (CIS). I propose 1) "frenemies" for Microsoft, because even Chinese organizations and direct competitors integrate...

Here I map Big Tech clouds focusing on the making of asymmetric relations with the different type of involved organizations. Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba are cloud hegemons that control every inch of their clouds. The cloud is the main means of adoption of digital technologies. As such,...

Teece asserts that competition policy is so outdated that it now significantly degrades the ability of Big Tech firms to bring socially beneficial innovations to market. He suggests that strategic management research is essential in the struggle to update such policies. We counter that none of...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to situate information and communications technology (ICT) “transparency reports” within the theoretical framework of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting. The self-denominated transparency report serves a dual purpose of highlighting an ICT...

A key technology driving the digital transformation of the economy is artificial intelligence (AI). It has gained a high degree of public attention with the initial release of the chatbot ChatGPT, which demonstrates the potential of generative AI (GAI) as a relatively new segment within AI. It...

Teece asserts that competition policy is so outdated that it now significantly degrades the ability of Big Tech firms to bring socially beneficial innovations to market. He suggests that strategic management research is essential in the struggle to update such policies. We counter that none of...

Here I map Big Tech clouds focusing on the making of asymmetric relations with the different type of involved organizations. Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba are cloud hegemons that control every inch of their clouds. The cloud is the main means of adoption of digital technologies. As such,...

I combine quantitative methodologies and in-depth interviews to analyse United States Big Tech different strategies to organize and profit from their AI corporate innovation systems (CIS). I propose 1) "frenemies" for Microsoft, because even Chinese organizations and direct competitors integrate...