Boost your research success in business studies and economics
The ZBW Open Economics Guide shows you how to use Open Science methods and tools – such as Open Access and Open Data – to make your research more efficient and visible!

Introduction to Open Access
Making research visible.

Introduction to Open Data
Making research verifiable.

Introduction to Open Code
Making research transparent.

Introduction to OER
Making teaching better.
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Coffee Lecture: How Teaching Reproducibility Enhances Students’ Confidence
Teaching reproducible research methods benefits not only students and lecturers,...
What a Mocktail Reveals About Replication: Open Science at the VHB Conference
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Open Science in Practice
Researchers' inside reports from their everyday life.
Open Science Events
Conferences, seminars, webinars, online panels and more!
Reinforcement Learning for Business, Economics, and Social Sciences
How do machines learn to make the right choices? How can individuals, firms, organizations, and researchers use automated decision-making? This course provides an introduction and intuition for designing algorithms that allow machines to learn based on reinforcements. Reinforcement learning provides decision rules based on learning from partial, implicit, and delayed feedback. The course includes 4 live Online Meetings, in which you will discuss the week’s contents with the instructor and fellow participants.
Open Research for Business Researchers
Learn about open research practices in Business Studies with research from our two speakers, Dr Faisal Majeed (Ulster University – Open Research and Innovation in SMEs) and Dr Guido Scherp (ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics – Expedition Open Science Land).
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