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This paper discusses theoretically the different incentives of managers versus firm owners to invest in innovative activities. There are opposing effects concerning R&D intensity in the manager-controlled firm. Our study on the determinants of R&D intensity presents empirical results concerning...
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Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profitability. However, the empirical literature shows that hardly any statistically significant effects on firms can be detected for the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). On the basis of...
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We investigate how competition in product niches affects the ultimate timing of product release for experience goods … sales based on the variation in the level of competition in these particular niches over time. We show that release date of … motion pictures are more likely rescheduled when there is more competition during the initially proposed release week. Next …
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We investigate how competition in product niches affects the ultimate timing of product release for experience goods … sales based on the variation in the level of competition in these particular niches over time. We show that release date of … motion pictures are more likely rescheduled when there is more competition during the initially proposed release week. Next …
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functions. Testing for a common regulation-investment effect provides evidence that the negative investment externality is not …
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We develop a simple model of competition for the market that shows that, contrary to the Arrow view, endogenous entry …
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Mobile information and communication technologies (ICT) have started to diffuse rapidly in the business sector. This study tests for the complementarity between the use of mobile ICT and organizational practices providing workplace flexibility. We hypothesize that mobile ICT can create value if...
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Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees’ use of mobile internet access improves firms’ labour productivity. Our data set contains 2143 German firms and refers to the year 2014, when high-speed mobile internet...
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Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set comprises 2460 German firms and refers to the year 2010, when mobile internet started its...
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We investigate whether the returns to mobile information and communication technology (ICT) in the workplace are contingent on granting employees autonomy over the structure of their workday through trust-based work time arrangements (TBW). Our regression analysis is based on a production...
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