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The radical innovation investment decision refined
Bilkic, Natasa; Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2013
We refine modelling of the radical innovation decision in this paper by extending real option theory to include non … option theory ; technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729702
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Worker self-selection and the profits from cooperation
Kosfeld, Michael (contributor);  … - 2008
different firms and firms employing cooperative workers make strictly positive profits. Profit differences across firms persist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784391
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Does easy start-up formation hamper incumbents' R&D investment? : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Colombo, Luca; Dawid, Herbert; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2013
Community Innovation Survey covering the period 1998-2000. The results of our empirical analysis support our theory …
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Management incentives, signaling effects and the costs of vertical integration
Sliwka, Dirk (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784303
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On the organizational structure of multinational firms : which sourcing mode for which input?
Südekum, Jens; Nowak, Verena Nina; Schwarz, Christian - 2012
Recent studies indicate that firms often outsource standard and simple tasks, while keeping complex and important inputs inside their boundaries. This observation is difficult to reconcile with the property rights approach of the firm, which suggests that important components should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009539235
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Labor market institutions, wages, and investment
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002239058
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Contracting with private information
Hagedorn, Marcus (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001744053
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Unions and firms' investments : a unified view
Berton, Fabio; Dughera, Stefano; Ricci, Andrea - 2019
In this paper, we present a simple model in which a unionized and non-unionized firm optimally make investment decisions given their labor productivity. By allowing workers' organizations to have positive effects on labor effort, we find that the classic hold-up problem does not necessarily...
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Using firm optimization to evaluate and estimate returns to scale
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy (contributor) - 2008
often inconsistent with profit maximization or imply implausibly large profits. The puzzle arises because popular estimators … the restrictions imposed by profit maximization (cost minimization) so that estimators are inconsistent or poorly … rather than production functions and demonstrates that the profit share in revenue is a robust non-parametric economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003656928
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The price of capital, factor substitutability, and corporate profits
Hergovich, Philipp; Merz, Monika - 2018
The capital-to-labor ratio has steadily risen in the U.S. and elsewhere during the post-WWII period. Since the 1970s this rise has been accompanied by a rise in the level and variability of corporate profits whereas the labor share of income has declined. In this paper we ask whether these...
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