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Learning by Doing in a Multi-Product Manufacturing Environment : Product Variety, Customizations, and Overlapping Product Generations

Egelman, Carolyn D. - 2015

Extending research on organizational learning to multi-product environments is of particular importance given that the vast majority of products are manufactured in such environments. We investigate learning in a multi-product facility drawing on exceptionally rich data for a manufacturing firm...

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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry

Aghion, Philippe - 2014

innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …

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Market Structure and Innovation : A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry

Hashmi, Aamir Rafique - 2010

We study the relationship between market structure and innovation in the global automobile industry from 1982 to 2004 … using the dynamic industry framework of Ericson and Pakes (1995). Firms optimally choose a continuous level of innovation in … parameter -- the cost of innovation. In terms of the relationship between market structure and innovation, we find that: (1) At …

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Environmental Preferences and Technological Choices : Is Market Competition Clean or Dirty?

Aghion, Philippe; Bénabou, Roland; Martin, Ralf; … - 2022

' decisions whether to innovate “clean” or “dirty”. We first develop a step-by-step innovation model to capture the basic … green innovation as major increase in fuel prices …

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Innovation Network

Acemoglu, Daron - 2016

linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …

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Kill Zone

Kamepalli, Sai Krishna; Rajan, Raghuram Govind; … - 2022

We study why acquisitions of entrant firms by an incumbent can deter innovation and entry in the digital platform …

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"The Best Price You'll Ever Get" the 2005 Employee Discount Pricing Promotions in the U.S. Automobile Industry

Busse, Meghan R. - 2007

During the summer of 2005, the Big Three U.S. automobile manufacturers offered a customer promotion that allowed customers to buy new cars at the discounted price formerly offered only to employees. The initial months of the promotion were record sales months for each of the Big Three firms,...

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How Does Outsourcing Affect Performance Dynamics? Evidence from the Automobile Industry

Novak, Sharon - 2015

This paper examines the impact of vertical integration on the dynamics of performance over the automobile product development lifecycle. Building on recent work in organizational economics and strategy, we evaluate the relationship between vertical integration and different performance margins....

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Complementarity Among Vertical Integration Decisions : Evidence from Automobile Product Development

Novak, Sharon - 2014

This paper examines complementarity among vertical integration decisions in automobile product development. Though most research assumes that contracting choices are independent of each other, contracting complementarity arises when the returns to a single vertical integration decision are...

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International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity and Employee Attitudes

Helper, Susan - 2013

The study examines US-European productivity and worker attitude differences, focusing on changes in incentive structures. We analyze productivity and worker attitudes in five plants in the UK and US belonging to the same multinational producer of automotive sensors and actuators. We examine the...

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