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Paying not to sell
Bacchiega, E.; Bonroy, O.; Mabrouk, R. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2013
relationship with a low-quality supplier with the sole intention of improving its bargaining position relative to a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610352
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Competition, Reputation and Cheating
Vanin, P. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2009
prices. Markets for closer substitutes tend to have a lower initial average quality and less trusting consumers, whereas the …
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Competition, Reputation and Compliance
Vanin, P. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2009
This paper displays a linear demand oligopoly model, in which firms endogenously decide whether to enter the market and whether to specialize on high or low quality products, and then repeatedly interact to sell experience goods. It shows that the intuition that low and rising prices grant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008471980
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Self-Financing of Traditional and R&D Investments: Evidence from Italian SMEs
Brighi, P.; Patuelli, R.; Torluccio, G. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2012
Self-financing has often been seen as an important source for research-and-development (R&D) funding. However, an in-depth comparison between the determinants of self-financing in the case of traditional investments versus those in R&D has not been provided yet. We use a comprehensive data set...
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The Interplay of Human and Social Capital in Shaping Entrepreneurial Performance: The Case of Vietnam
Santarelli, E.; Tran, H. T. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2012
This study investigates the effects of human capital, social capital and their interaction on the performance of 1,398 Vietnamese new-born firms. Operating profit is used as the measure of success. Human capital is captured by individual-level professional education, start-up experience, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391469
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Is conformism desirable? Network effects, location choice, and social welfare in a duopoly
Savorelli, L. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2010
In this paper we study a duopoly where the network e¤ect is nonmonotone and the network can be overloaded. The firms choose prices and locations endogenously, and the agent's utility is influenced by the number of people patronizing the same firm she does. We determine the market equilibrium,...
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On the coevolution of social norms in primitive societies
Bagnoli, L.; Negroni, G. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2012
Two parties bargaining over a pie, the size of which is determined by their previous investment decisions. The … bargaining rule is sensitive to investment behavior. Two games are considered. In both, bargaining proceeds according to the Nash … observed, we assume that bargaining proceeds according to the Ultimatum Game in one case and according to a Dictator Game in …
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Egalitarianism. An evolutionary perspective
Bagnoli, L.; Negroni, G. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2013
Two parties bargaining over a pie, the size of which is determined by their previous investment decisions. Investment … costs are heterogeneous. The bargaining rule is sensitive to investment behavior. Two games are studied which differ for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010859841
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Disclosure of Personal Information under Risk of Privacy Shocks
Feri, F.; Giannetti, C.; Jentzsch, N. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2013
Companies are under an increasing pressure by policy makers to publicize data breaches. Such notification obligations require announcing the loss of personal data collected from customers, because of hacker attacks or other incidents. While notification is likely to impact on firms’...
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Relationship-Specificity, Spatial Clustering and Production to Order Choice
Casaburi, L.; Minerva, G. A. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2009
We study the determinants of the firm-level choice to produce following an order placed by a downstream firm (production to order) or to produce in advance. We rationalize this choice through a simple theoretical model and apply it to a firm-level empirical analysis. Relying on a large dataset...
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