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Marin, Dalia; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Globalization has been identified by many experts as a new way firms organize their activities. This Paper surveys recent work that examines the role of trade integration between similar and dissimilar countries for these changes in corporate organization. It is shown that international...

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A Multi-Task Principal-Agent Approach to Organizational Form

Besanko, David; Régibeau, Pierre; Rockett, Katharine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper studies the choice of organizational forms in a multi-task principal-agent model. We compare a functional organization in which the firm is organized into functional departments such as marketing and R&D to a product-based organization in which the firm is organized into product...

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The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price

Rosenkranz, Stephanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Based on arguments of the ‘reference-dependent’ theory of consumer choice we assume that a retailer’s discount of a manufacturer’s suggested retail price changes consumers’ demand. We can show that the producer benefits from suggesting a retail price. If consumers are additionally...

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Divisionalization in Vertical Structures

Bru, Lluís; Haro, José-Manuel Ordóñez de; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

their bargaining power against upstream firms. This effect must be weighted against the usual incentive to divisionalize …

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From Thought to Practice: Appropriation and Endogenous Market Structure with Imperfect Intellectual Property Rights

Baccara, Mariagiovanna; Razin, Ronny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

model, employee’s rents endogenously reflect the bargaining power vis-à-vis the firm that is due to the knowledge of the …

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Specialization, Firms and Markets: The division of Labour Between and Within Law Firms

Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

What is the role of firms and markets in mediating the division of labour? This Paper uses confidential microdata from the Census of Services to examine law firms' boundaries. We first examine how the specialization of lawyers and firms increases as lawyers' returns to specialization increase....

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Mergers as Auctions

Ivaldi, Marc; Motis, Jrissy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Most empirical studies that evaluate motives and gains in M&A conclude that acquirers at best do not lose from the deal while targets obtain positive gains. With a database containing merging firms’ characteristics and final bids, we propose a structural approach to infer acquirers’ gains...

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Thinking Creatively About Markets

Geroski, Paul A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

Market definitions are an abstraction: they are useful only to the extent that they help us to organize the way we think about certain types of economic activity. This paper critically examines three different methods of identifying market boundaries, stressing the link between substantive...

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Inefficiencies in technology transfer: theory and empirics

Allain, Marie-Laure; Henry, Emeric; Kyle, Margaret K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Markets for technology can promote innovation by allowing for division of labor in research and development. Some firms …

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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

from market power in product markets are utilised to undertake innovation. There is also some less clear-cut evidence that … that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Our data come from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 … and opportunities for innovation, virtually every firm that emerged from central planning was maladapted to the new …

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