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Giebe, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We consider procurement of an innovation from heterogeneous sellers. Innovations are random but depend on unobservable … effort and private information. We compare two procurement mechanisms where potential sellers first bid in an auction for …

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The Value of Commitment in Auctions with Matching

Lamping, Jennifer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

In many auctions, a good match between the bidder and seller raises the value of the contract for both parties although …

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The Value of Information in Auctions with Default Risk

Lamping, Jennifer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

After the close of an auction, the winning bidder may find that he is unable to carry out his bid offer. This paper seeks to determine what measures the seller should take to maximize his share of the surplus when bidders are privately informed about their risk of default. Special attention is...

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Ignorance Is Bliss: Matching in Auctions with an Uninformed Seller

Lamping, Jennifer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

In many auctions, matching between the bidder and seller raises the value of the contract for both parties. However …

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Signaling in Auctions among Competitors

Scarpatetti, Benedikt von; Wasser, Cédric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We consider a model of oligopolistic firms that have private information about their cost structure. Prior to competing in the market a competitive advantage, i.e., a cost reducing technology, is allocated to a subset of the firms by means of a multi-object auction. After the auction either all...

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Patents in Theory and Practice: Empirical Results from Switzerland

Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996

The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the effectiveness of alternative mechanisms of protecting the competitive advantages of new or improved products and processes. The analysis is based on I survey I conducted among 358 firms in 127 different (four-digit) industries in...

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Die neuen Selbständigen. Eine empirische Analyse für die Schweiz

Harabi, Najib; Meyer, Rolf - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, over the last few years the formation of new firms has been viewed with rapidly in-creasing interest from the perspectives of practical economic policy at the na-tional, regional and local levels and from the perspectives of...

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The Formation of New Firms – An Empirical Analysis from Switzerland

Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

Because of its importance to a dynamic development of the economy, the formation of new firms has been viewed with greater interest from policy makers at the national, regional and local levels and from representatives of private business associations, formal and informal networks. According to...

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ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN DER SCHWEIZ: Ergebnisse aus Einzelfallstudien und statistischen Erhebungen

Harabi, Najib; Schoch, Rolf; Hespeler, Frank - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

Hinsicht auch kaum Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Branchen. 15. Beschaffung von Einsatzfaktoren oder Vorprodukten: Die … Nutzung von Online-Diensten für die Beschaffung von Einsatzfaktoren ist in der Schweiz weiter verbreitet als in allen anderen … die Branche Finanz- und Unternehmensdienstleistungen verzichtet in der Schweiz auf die Beschaffung von materiellen …

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Introduction and Diffusion of Electronic Commerce – What is Switzerland’s position in an international comparison? Results of an empirical study

Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

What is Switzerland’s position today with regard to the acceptance, diffusion and usage of new work forms and business methods in the economy and society? One of the most extensive international surveys of population and businesses done thus far gives well founded answers to these questions:...

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