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Efficient contracts for government intervention in promoting next generation communications networks
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Holzleitner, Christian - 2014
intervention. We contend, however, that the current contract practice of fixing ex ante targets for network expansion is …
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Contract design with limited commitment
Gretschko, Vitali; Wambach, Achim - 2018
We consider the problem of a principal who wishes to contract with a privately informed agent and is not able to commit … renegotiate the resulting contract without cost by proposing a new mechanism any number of times. We provide a general …
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Bargaining in vertical relationships and suppliers’ R&D profitability
Köhler, Christian - 2014
This paper explores the effect of bargaining in vertical relationships on the profitability of suppliers’ R&D investments. Studies on the relationship between R&D and firm profitability mostly concentrate on the impact of horizontal market structure and neglect vertical interac-tions. Building...
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Backwards integration and strategic delegation
Hunold, Matthias; Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Stahl, Konrad - 2012
We analyze the effects of downstream firms’ acquisition of pure cash flow rights in an efficient upstream supplier when all firms compete in prices. With an acquisition, downstream firms internalize the effects of their actions on their rivals’ sales. Double marginalization is enhanced....
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Do trademarks diminish the substitutability of products in innovative knowledge-intensive services?
Crass, Dirk; Schwiebacher, Franz - 2013
Trademarks are often supposed to reduce substitutability and imitability of product innovations. Using German CIS data for 2010, we provide empirical evidence that trademarking firms assess easy product substitutability as less characteristic for their competitive environment. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787415
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Vertical relations between firms and innovation : an empirical investigation of German firms
Harabi, Najib - 1997
The surge in interfirm cooperative agreements can be seen as expressing a way for firms to respond to and to organize market failure, especially in technology markets. The incentives of firms to internalize activities are to avoid the disadvantages, or capitalize on the advantages, of...
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Netzzugang, Wettbewerb und Investitionen
Inderst, Roman; Peitz, Martin - 2011
Wir untersuchen die Rolle von Vertragstypen und Zugangsregulierung auf Innovation und Wettbewerb. In einem Duopolmodell … ; Investition ; Innovation ; Verträge zwischen Netzbetreibern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008938051
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Resource allocation flexibility for innovation performance : the effects of breadth, uncertainty, and selectiveness
Klingebiel, Ronald; Rammer, Christian - 2011
Our study shows empirically that the choice of resource allocation strategy affects innovation performance. A policy of … allocating resources to a broader range of innovation projects increases sales of new products, especially if these are truly … stronger for firms that allocate resources more selectively at later stages of the innovation process. Based on these results …
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Buyer power and suppliers' incentives to innovate
Köhler, Christian; Rammer, Christian - 2012
Buyer power is widely considered to decrease innovation incentives of suppliers. However, there is little empirical … evidence for this statement. Our paper analyses how buyer power influences innovation incentives of upstream firms while taking … suppliers’ R&D intensity if the powerful buyer operates under strong technology competition. -- Innovation ; Buyer Power …
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Lost in translation : empirical evidence for liability of foreignness as barries to knowledge spillovers
Schmidt, Tobias (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006
Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it difficult to overcome cultural and social barriers which make their foreign engagements...
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