Continuous Gibrat#x2019;s Law and Gabaix#x2019;s Derivation of Zipf#x2019;s Law -- Flow of Firm Creation -- Useful Properties of Realizations of the Geometric Brownian Motion -- Exit or #x201C;Death#x201D; of Firms -- Deviations from Gibrat#x2019;s Law and Implications for Generalized Zipf#x2019;s Laws -- Firm#x2019;s Sudden...

Reforms, Market Dynamics and Productivity in Developing Countries -- Exit-Entry Dynamics: Case of the Manufacturing Sector in Jordan -- Industrial Dynamics and Productivity in Morocco: A Quantitative Assessment -- Entry, Exit, and Productivity in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries -- Entry, Exit...

Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...

Carolin Decker develops and empirically applies a framework in which business exits serve the purpose of re-establishing a firm s previously harmed legitimacy. Her findings support the idea that legitimacy needs drive the likelihood of fit-enhancing business exits in divesting firms.

‘This is the second book of a two-volume set that continues Adam Smith's work, using the tools mathematical, experimental, and behavioural economists have developed since 1776. As in the first volume, markets are not the central organising principle. Instead, attention centres on social...

This volume sheds light on the current state of complex networks and nonlinear dynamics applied to the understanding of economic and social phenomena ranging from geographical economics to macroeconomics and finance, and its purpose is to give readers an overview of several interesting topics...

Einführung -- Teil I: Elektronische Plattformen der Internet-Ökonomie.- Teil II: Prinzipien der Internet-Ökonomie -- Teil III: Wertschöpfung in der Internet-Ökonomie -- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

1. Elektronische Märkte -- 2. Angebot digitaler Güter -- 3. Angebot von Netzwerkgütern -- 4. Direkte Beziehungen zwischen Anbieter und Nachfrager -- 5. Indirekte Beziehungen zwischen Anbieter und Nachfrager -- 6. Konsum und Zahlungsbereitschaft -- Konsum und Preisbildung -- Gewinnermärkte --...