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The objective of this chapter is to explore the learning strategies that can be deployed by firms in coopetitive configurations with no other choice than deploying an “adverse learning” mechanism to reach their customers through cooperation with their competitors. After exploring the...
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Standard-setting coalitions are increasingly composed of rival firms from different sectors and are characterized by simultaneous and/or sequential cooperation and competition among their members. This paper examines why firms choose to belong to two standard-setting coalitions instead of one...
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In this study, we aim to investigate the impact of privatization on the degree of cooperation and competition in a mixed oligopoly market. We consider a duopoly market that comprises one semipublic firm and one private firm. Each firm is assumed to determine the level of two types of effort: the...
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innovation ? We find that corruption, functioning as a bribe tax, diminishes the probability of new product introduction. We use … firm and on the average quantity of bribe paid by firms. Controlling for innovation determinants, firm characteristics … and significant impact on product innovation. …
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can they manage and drive collective innovation? We first build on a review of the literature to highlight common core … innovation intermediaries by exploring the properties of a form of intermediary for which the degree of unknown is a key …
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This article considers the effects of uncertainty, structure, trust and resistance to change on the success or failure … facilitate or impede the diffusion process. Trust is operationalized through strong ties and structure is modeled with the … controversy that is often inherent to management accounting innovation and change. Initially, organizational actors can be in …
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Socially responsible firms are expected by European regulators to create shared value for their shareholders, their stakeholders and society. Yet how to generate profits while providing public good is still academically debated. This paper argues that corporate social responsibility encompasses...
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This paper aims to revisit the link between corporate governance, value, and firm performance by focusing on convergence, understood as the way that non-US firms are adopting US best practice in terms of corporate governance, and the implications of this adoption. We examine theoretical...
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, then contribute to the innovation process and economic growth. Consequently, promoting the growth of micro and small firms …
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This paper deals with the impact of social contributions and tax cuts (which are considered as operating subsidies) on new firms' probability of survival and economic performance. We use a rich matched database of French firms that were newly created in 1998 and that include entrepreneurs'...
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