This paper develops a structural model which allows estimating the impact of regulatory decisions looking for the setting of download-speed standards on market structure and performance. We characterize a setting under which quality standards improve both service quality and availability. As to...

The exponential development of the Internet has impacted the socioeconomical, political life and individuals’ life and will continue to significantly impact the society in all its aspects. Internet has changed the business environment, the socio-political domains and peoples’ behavior and...

The success of Google Maps suggests that free access to public sector information (PSI) contributes to a prosperous economy. While there has been considerable attention for legal and economical considerations concerning the implications of policies on public sector information (PSI), also...

Multimediale Besucherleit- und Informationssysteme, sogenannte eGuides, spielen eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle für Besucherinnen und Besucher von Sehenswürdigkeiten und Ausstellungen. Das EU- Projekt "BalticMuseums 2.0 Plus" befasst sich mit der Einführung von eGuide-Systemen in Meeresmuseen...

Für die Sozialwissenschaften existieren im Bereich der informationellen Infrastruktur zahlreiche, qualitativ hochwertige und sich zum Teil ergänzende Angebote. Allerdings sind an verschiedenen Stellen Defizite erkennbar. So gibt es für den Bereich der Printmedien mit dem System der verteilten...

Multimediale Informations- und Führungssysteme in Kultur und Freizeit spielen eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle für Besucher von Sehenswürdigkeiten und Ausstellungen. Derartige Systeme können als Weiterentwicklung von herkömmlichen Audioguides ihre Nutzer bei der Orientierung im...

This book shows how online chats impact stock trading and helps practitioners, researchers, and policymakers gauge how online stock recommendations will change investors' trading decisions and sentiments, ultimately impacting firms' values. This book presents theoretical models, mathematical...

We analyse pricing, effort and tipping decisions in the online service "Google Answers". While users set a price for the answer to their question ex ante, they can additionally give a tip to the researcher ex post. In line with the related experimental literature we find evidence that tipping is...

Information procesing model of financial communication -- Financial ability, socialization and communication -- Consumer motivation and financial communication -- Opportunity and financial communication -- Media integration of financial communications -- Digital media and financial communication...

Information or knowledge, which can be incorporated in tangible objects at the same time in an unlimited number of copies at different locations anywhere in the world, constitutes Intellectual Property (IP) of an information producer. Intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation was created to...