Industry changes in technology and complementary assets and the creation of high-growth firms

This study uses employment data to examine why some industries host more new high-growth firms than others. Using a unique data base of 201 industries over a 15-year period, we find that increases in the proportion of employment of scientists and engineers in industries are positively associated with counts of fast-growing new firms; however, we do not detect a relationship between fluctuations in the proportion of employment in sales and production occupations and counts of fast-growing new firms. The findings suggest that technological innovation is an important determinant of entrepreneurial opportunity. Further, they suggest that private new firms are an important means of organizing commercial innovation and that new firms may be less constrained by complementary assets than has been previously understood.     

Konjunkturschlaglicht: Revidierte Erwerbstätigenzahlen

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Dynamische Weltkonjunktur—gebremster Aufschwung in Deutschland

Trotz weiter gestiegener ?lpreise expandiert die Weltwirtschaft kr?ftig. Davon profitiert auch die deutsche Wirtschaft; sie befindet sich in einem Aufschwung, zu dem mehr und mehr die Binnennachfrage beitr?gt. Allerdings haben die Zinsen weltweit merklich angezogen, und angesichts zunehmender inflation?rer Risiken ist eine weitere Straffung der geldpolitischen Zügel sicher. Wie stark wird die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung dadurch ged?mpft? Wie verkraftet die deutsche Wirtschaft überdies die deutliche Anhebung der Mehrwertsteuer im n?chsten Jahr? Dr. Eckhardt Wohlers, 62, ist Leiter der Abteilung „Internationale Makro?konomie“ im Hamburgischen Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv (HWWA); Dr. Günter Weinert, 64, ist dort wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter.     

Welcome contributor or no price competitor? The competitive interaction of free and priced technologies

The existence of free technologies is prevalent in a variety of industries from software to design. This study examines the competitive interaction between free and priced technologies. I draw on the literature on economic logics to predict that, in general, technologies that are freely shared are likely to stimulate interest and provide useful market information without directly competing with priced technologies. In contrast, due to direct competition, I predict that the prevalence of priced technologies will decrease the sales of other priced technologies. I find support for these hypotheses using a sample of more than 1 million transactions in over 200 distinct markets for MobileApps for the Palm computing platform. This study highlights how free technologies can be utilized to enhance performance of commercial producers. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Health Information on the Internet

Electronic Health (e-Health) increasingly strives to provide health information and services to healthcare stakeholders via the Internet, and to actively involve patients in their care. One major chance for these participatory healthcare and patient-centered approaches that integrate patients in healthcare are the phenomena and ideas associated with providing information and healthcare on the Internet. This paper examines the existing body of knowledge on online health information and explores the current state of research through a review of literature as well as past and current research projects. The fundamental categories of the analysis represent the stakeholders in the healthcare sector, the connecting information flows, the information-transferring technological applications, as well as the categories of the TEMPEST model. Based on these findings, causes and future research fields are discussed. The technological category has the largest share of all categories. Based on these findings, causes and future research fields are discussed.