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coordination from a theoretical perspective. Informed by organization theory ; a framework for interorganizational coordination is …Coordination between different United Nations (UN) departments, funds, agencies, and programmes has become an issue of … interorganizational coordination and in lieu of trying to become one streamlined hierarchical organization ; the United Nations should …
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We analyse the roles of social network topology and size on the monopoly pricing of network goods in a market, where consumers interact with each other and are characterised by their social relations. The size effect is the well-known network externalities phenomenon, while the topological...
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This paper provides a formal analysis on the investment coordination problem in a vertically separated electricity … decisions of network and power plants need to be coordinated. In unbundled markets, firm-internal coordination no longer applies …. We develop a formal approach to examine whether simple information exchange (“cheap talk”) could restore coordination. We …
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In recent years, there has been an increase in research on conventions motivated by the game-theoretic contributions of the philosopher David Lewis. Prior to this surge in interest, discussions of convention in economics had been tied to the analysis of John Maynard Keynes's writings. These...
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to signal her forecast information. We show that channel coordination is possible even under asymmetric forecast …
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at the larger picture, which throws light on the role game theory might play in ethics. I conclude that game theory …’s conclusions have nothing directly to do with ethics. Game theory suggests the means to certain ends, but the ethics of both the … disputable assumptions in order to fit résumés into game theory; his analysis does not take into account the consequences that …
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) experiments on tacit coordination. Section 1 introduces the concept of focal point equilibrium selection in tacit one …-shot symmetric pure coordination games, as presented by Schelling in his classic article; it then traces its subsequent exploration … design of the intercultural tacit coordination experiment, and section 3 the results. Finally, section 4 presents a very …
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This paper studies a supply chain consisting of two suppliers and an assembler who also acts as a retailer in a single period model. The suppliers provide complementary modules to the assembler and the latter assembles the final products and sells them to meet a stochastic demand. Each supplier...
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In this paper, we study competition in multiechelon supply chains with an assembly structure. Firms in the supply chain are grouped into homogenous sectors (nodes) that contain identical firms with identical production capabilities that all produce exactly one undifferentiated product (that may...
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consider that not everybody can speak their language, converting the language choice into strategic,coordination-like situation …
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