This paper studies multi-agent optimal contracting with cost synergies. We model synergies as the extent to which … effort by one agent reduces his colleague's marginal cost of effort. An agent's pay and effort depend on the synergies he … exerts, the synergies his colleagues exert on him and, surprisingly, the synergies his colleagues exert on each other. It may …

This paper studies multi-agent optimal contracting with cost synergies. We model synergies as the extent to which … effort by one agent reduces his colleague's marginal cost of effort. An agent's pay and effort depend on the synergies he … exerts, the synergies his colleagues exert on him and, surprisingly, the synergies his colleagues exert on each other. It may …

synergies generated by a merger may vary substantially depending on the identity of the participating firms. The model …

individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … innovation. …

This paper examines the sources of firm product and process innovation in Norway. It uses a purpose-built survey of ….’s (2007) contention that firm innovation is both the result of ‘science, technology and innovation’ (STI) and ‘doing, using … innovation and that both STI and DUI-modes of interaction matter. However, it also shows that DUI modes of interaction outside …