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Competition and innovation: An inverted u relationship

Aghion, Philippe; Bloom, Nicholas; Blundell, Richard; … - 2002

This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovation. A Schumpeterian … engage in R&D activities. In this model, competition may increase the incremental profit from innovating; on the other hand …, competition may also reduce innovation incentives for laggards. This model generates four main predictions which we test …

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Cournot Competition between Teams: An Experimental Study

Schipper, Burkhard C.; Raab, Philippe - 2004

In the economic literature on market competition, firms are often modeled as single decision makers and the internal … can not generally expect that the behavior of teams is equivalent to the behavior of individuals in Cournot competition … theoretical foundation for the unitary player assumption in Cournot competition. We show that this assumption is robust in …

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What Drives Differences in Management?

Bloom, Nicholas; Brynjolfsson, Erik; Foster, Lucia; … - 2017

: competition, business environment, learning spillovers and human capital. Collectively, these drivers account for about a third of …

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Management as a Technology?

Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - 2016

management on firm performance; (ii) a positive relationship between product market competition and average management quality … (part of which stems from the larger covariance between management with firm size as competition strengthens); and (iii) a …

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Sex hormones and competitive bidding

Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2014

We correlate competitive bidding and profits in symmetric independent private value first-price auctions with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol in more than 200 subjects. Bids are significantly positively correlated and profits are significantly negatively correlated...

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The visible hand: Finger ratio (2D:4D) and competitive behavior

Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2009

reported to predict competitiveness in sports competition (Manning and Taylor, 2001, and Honekopp, Manning and Muller, 2006 …

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The visible hand: Finger ratio (2D:4D) and competitive bidding

Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2011

:4D has been reported to predict competitiveness in sports competition (Manning and Taylor, 2001, and Hoenekopp, Manning …

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Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding

Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2009

In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we collected information on the female participants' menstrual cycles. We find that women bid significantly higher than men in their menstrual and premenstrual phase but do not bid...

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Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding

Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2011

In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values and 400 participants, we collected information on the female participants' menstrual cycles and the use of hormonal contraceptives. We find that naturally cycling women bid significantly...

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Sex hormones and competitive bidding

Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2012

We correlate competitive bidding and profits in symmetric independent private value first-price auctions with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol in more than 200 subjects. Females bid significantly higher and earn significantly lower profits than males. Moreover,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288481