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.
New Blog Posts
Stay up to date with the latest tips and tutorials on Open Science.
Gollum Effect Harms Research: Open Science is Part of the Solution
Possessive and territorial behaviours among researchers, which hinder collaboration and the...
Teaching Open Science: Introductory Slides for Business Studies and Economics
How can Open Science be embedded in business studies and economics...
Open Science in Practice
Researchers' inside reports from their everyday life.
Open Science Events
Conferences, seminars, webinars, online panels and more!
HMC FAIR Friday: “Distance and Data Reuse” with Paul Groth
The literature contains a myriad of recommendations, advice, and strictures about what data providers should do to facilitate data reuse. It can be overwhelming. Based on empirical work (analyzing data reuse proxies at scale, understanding data sensemaking and looking at how researchers search for data), I talk about what practices are a good place to start for helping others to reuse your data. I then introduce the construct of distance between data provider and data reuser to help understand where to invest for data, which is based on a recent paper in Harvard Data Science Review: Borgman, C. L., & Groth, P. (2025). From Data Creator to Data Reuser: Distance Matters. Harvard Data Science Review.
ESRA 2025 Conference
The conference theme is “Promises and problems of new and alternative data sources and data formats for survey research. Methodological challenges and substantive conclusions”. The conference shocases the latest survey research and offers a number of professional development opportunities, including short courses and awards.
Contact
Do you have questions about Open Science or suggestions for our guide?
We look forward to hearing from you!
