Volker Stocker
Biographic Data
| ID | 9600487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Volker Stocker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Volker |
| FAMILY NAME | Stocker |
| SIGNATURE | STOCKER V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Weizenbaum Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Old technologies in a modern communications landscape: Public call boxes and universal service in the UK
Purpose This article analyses the responses to a UK consultation that explored how the regulation of public call boxes could be amended in light of their declining use. By focusing on the responses, we shed light on how old technologies, which are viewed as being technologically inferior, can continue to play a valuable role through generating societal value. Design/methodology/approach The analysis draws on the 23 responses to the consultation. …
Freelancing in the Digital Age: Understanding Fiverr Within the Gig Economy
Platforms play an increasingly prominent role in today’s economy. As big tech companies like Alphabet, Meta and Alibaba leverage their size and access to large amounts of data to provide value for their users and shareholders, platforms have begun to emerge within the gig economy. The gig economy is where individuals rent out their labour, and has rapidly grown in recent years. This paper focuses on Fiverr, an online freelancing platform in the g…
Building an ecosystem for mobile broadband measurement: Methods and policy challenges
Liquid Consumption in the Platform Economy: A Comparative Case Study of Three Platforms and Six User Groups
The notion of “liquid consumption” draws on Bauman’s theory of liquid modernity to describe shifts in consumer behavior in recent years. Liquid consumption is contrasted to more traditional “solid” consumption and is characterized by ephemerality (rather than endurance), access (rather than ownership), and dematerialization (rather than material possessions). Despite the popularity of liquid consumption theory and the prominent role of digital pl…
Net neutrality and high-speed broadband networks: Evidence from OECD countries
Network neutrality regulations are intended to preserve the Internet as a non-discriminatory, public network and an open platform for innovation. Whereas the U.S. reversed its regulations in 2017, returning to a less strict regime, the EU has maintained its course and recently revised implementation guidelines for its strict and rather interventionist net neutrality regulations. To this day, there exist only a few empirical investigations on the …
Public policy targets in EU broadband markets: The role of technological neutrality
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Public policy targets in EU broadband markets: The role of technological neutrality
Liquid Consumption in the Platform Economy: A Comparative Case Study of Three Platforms and Six User Groups
The notion of “liquid consumption” draws on Bauman’s theory of liquid modernity to describe shifts in consumer behavior in recent years. Liquid consumption is contrasted to more traditional “solid” consumption and is characterized by ephemerality (rather than endurance), access (rather than ownership), and dematerialization (rather than material possessions). Despite the popularity of liquid consumption theory and the prominent role of digital pl…
Net neutrality and high-speed broadband networks: Evidence from OECD countries
Network neutrality regulations are intended to preserve the Internet as a non-discriminatory, public network and an open platform for innovation. Whereas the U.S. reversed its regulations in 2017, returning to a less strict regime, the EU has maintained its course and recently revised implementation guidelines for its strict and rather interventionist net neutrality regulations. To this day, there exist only a few empirical investigations on the …
Freelancing in the Digital Age: Understanding Fiverr Within the Gig Economy
Platforms play an increasingly prominent role in today’s economy. As big tech companies like Alphabet, Meta and Alibaba leverage their size and access to large amounts of data to provide value for their users and shareholders, platforms have begun to emerge within the gig economy. The gig economy is where individuals rent out their labour, and has rapidly grown in recent years. This paper focuses on Fiverr, an online freelancing platform in the g…
Building an ecosystem for mobile broadband measurement: Methods and policy challenges
Old technologies in a modern communications landscape: Public call boxes and universal service in the UK
Purpose This article analyses the responses to a UK consultation that explored how the regulation of public call boxes could be amended in light of their declining use. By focusing on the responses, we shed light on how old technologies, which are viewed as being technologically inferior, can continue to play a valuable role through generating societal value. Design/methodology/approach The analysis draws on the 23 responses to the consultation. …
Business (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (4 works) · Telecommunications (4 works) · Broadband (3 works) · Digital Platforms and Economics (3 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 works) · Industrial organization (2 works) · Net neutrality (2 works)