We experimentally examine the impact of a cycle path on the trading of a copyable information good in networks. A cycle path in a network permits a buyer to become a reseller that can compete against existing sellers by replicating the good. Theory predicts that the price of the information...

The object of research is information inequality. Information inequality is seen as a socio-economic problem that can be solved with the help of confident actions of the state. Data analysis confirmed the problem of the «digital divide» at the global and regional levels. The transformation of...

Interest in prediction markets has increased in the last decade, driven in part by the hope that these markets will prove to be valuable tools in forecasting, decision-making and risk management - in both the public and private sectors. This paper outlines five open questions in the literature,...

Using a unique dataset of the Netflix video on demand library, this article measures the characteristics of information goods important when employing a strategic bundling strategy. By matching the titles entering and exiting the library to their relevant properties, I use a characteristic...

Bundling is considered to be an effective pricing strategy for zero-marginal-cost information goods. Yet, in many information-goods markets, the effectiveness of bundling remains hard to ascertain. This is because information goods exhibit other characteristics as well, which can potentially...

We discuss the effect of pricing strategies by two firms on the total firm revenue, consumer and total welfare using simulation and numerical analysis. We consider pricing decisions for mixed bundling and where each firm offers two closely related products as well as a bundle. Bundling is a key...

Introduction: Technology and change : ancillary workers in the Indian IT industry -- Flat world, globalization and Indian IT -- Collection, interpretation and analysis of data -- Time, place and space -- Women workers' narratives of precarious work and social struggle -- Conflicts and...

We model the potential for a company bundling high search cost information goods to obtain an advantage over conventional individual sales. Using the streaming video industry as an example, we model the search costs associated with films. We find that bundling services can increase a user's...

We discuss the effect of pricing strategies by two firms on the total firm revenue, consumer and total welfare using simulation and numerical analysis. We consider pricing decisions for mixed bundling and where each firm offers two closely related products as well as a bundle. Bundling is a key...

Niemand wurde zum Milliardär, Werbung gibt es nicht und doch gehört Wikipedia zu den Top 10 aller Websites. Die Enzyklopädie ist weltweit ein Synonym für Wissen - und sie konnte sich gegen Konkurrenten von Brockhaus bis Google durchsetzen. Ihre Entwicklung in Deutschland nahm auf ganz...

"As an emerging strategic industry in China, the information resource industry (IRI) has had and will continue to have a growing impact on economic and social development. Focusing on the special characteristics of IRI policies in China, this book provides an in-depth discussion of the major...

"The industrialization of information resources has been a growing trend across the world in recent years, especially in China, where the information resource industry (IRI) has expanded exponentially for over more than a decade. While analysing the development conditions of China's IRI, this...

"Made to Work analyses the conditions of mobile knowledge work (MKW) in contemporary worklives, contrasting and drawing parallels among three highly significant sectors of the Knowledge Economy: academia, Information Communication Technology (ICT) management, and digital creative work. It...

In contrast to “search goods” whose true quality can be determined before inspection, we examine informa- tion goods that are “experience goods” — goods whose true quality can only be determined through use. We analyze a “version-to-upgrade” strategy where a monopolist generates...

Das Praxishandbuch ist der zweite Band des 2012 erschienenen Praxishandbuchs Bibliotheks- und Informationsmarketing. Es stellt dessen Ergänzung und Erweiterung dar und zeigt aktuelle Entwicklungen und Trends im Informationsmarketing auf. Die digitale Transformation durchdringt heute alle...

Information goods are characterized by high fixed (first-copy) costs, but very low costs for the production of additional copies. Marginal costs of electronically-delivered information goods have been further reduced by the remarkable recent decline in computing and digital communication costs....

Anecdotal evidence suggests that producers of information products (TV programs, movies, computer software) may respond to potentially cost saving technological change by increasing, rather than reducing, their total production investments in the quot;first copyquot; of each product, possibly at...

In an effort to reveal the fine-grained relationships between IT use, patterns of information flows, and individual information-worker productivity, we study task level practices at a midsize executive recruiting firm. We analyze both project-level and individual-level performance using: (1)...

The 24-hour Knowledge Factory is introduced as a global work environment where work is passed between individuals in other time zones on a daily basis. The evolution of this model is described, from foundations in manufacturing to current implementations in software development. The effective...

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...

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...

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...

I analyze questions and answers from Google Answers. More experienced answerers provide answers with the characteristics askers most value, receiving higher ratings as a result. Answerer earnings increase in experience. Answerers who focus on particular question categories provide answers of...

Empirical evidence suggests that producers of information products (TV programs, movies, computer software) may respond to cost-reducing, as well as quality-enhancing technological change by increasing their total production investments in the “first copy” of each product, possibly at the...

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...

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...

We provide evidence on the long standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978-80. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors...

We provide evidence on the long standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978-80 Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors...

Dieses essential zeigt Wege auf, wie Managed-Service-Projekte unter immer komplexeren Rahmenbedingungen erfolgreich durchgeführt werden können. Die Autoren erläutern zunächst Konzepte, Strukturen und kritische Erfolgsfaktoren von Managed Services. Anschließend vermitteln sie anhand vieler...

This paper reports the results of a pilot study, using a randomized controlled trial to provide college counseling to high-achieving students from relatively poor families. We followed 107 high school seniors through the college admissions process in 2006-2007; we selected 52 of these students at...

We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e. inducing consumers to search more than they would like): i) trading off higher total...