The Author: Christian Bender studied Economics at the University of Passau, the London School of Economics, and the University of Muenster before joining the International Business Department at the University of Muenster as a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant. In spring 2003 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Muenster. He was a DAAD Scholarship recipient while being visiting doctoral student at the International Business Department, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, in 2001.

• Contents: Literature Review: Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Firm Boundaries – Empirical Analysis I: Changing Firm Boundaries in the Manufacturing Sector – Empirical Analysis II: Changing Firm Boundaries in the Media Sector – Transaction Costs as a Motivation for Differences in Firm Boundary Change.

The Author: Christian Bender studied Economics at the University of Passau, the London School of Economics, and the University of Muenster before joining the International Business Department at the University of Muenster as a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant. In spring 2003 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Muenster. He was a DAAD Scholarship recipient while being visiting doctoral student at the International Business Department, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, in 2001.

• Contents: Literature Review: Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Firm Boundaries – Empirical Analysis I: Changing Firm Boundaries in the Manufacturing Sector – Empirical Analysis II: Changing Firm Boundaries in the Media Sector – Transaction Costs as a Motivation for Differences in Firm Boundary Change.