paid by the winner. We study the impact of these price-externalities on the first-price auction and the second … independently from the identity of the winner. We prove that the first-price auction is not affected by this kind of price-externalities … by the presence of such price-externalities. In any case, in comparison with the first-price auction, the second …

externalities. An organization is defined as a group of agents, together with a set of bilateral relations, formally, a connected … graph. Because of the presence of externalities, the profitability of coalitional threats to an organization depend on the … externalities, while the fully connected organization emerges under negative. This result is shown to hold independently of the …

automating tasks, increasing standardization of processes and a stronger division of labor, con-siderable unit costs savings were …