&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers’ investment and buyers’ procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process … automotive industry. Consistent with the model’s predictions, higher levels of trust are associated with higher investment levels …

We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers … reflected in the buyer's choice of a more competitive procurement strategy among potential suppliers. … different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher levels of trust mitigate relationship-specific underinvestment in a …

We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers … reflected in the buyer’s choice of a more competitive procurement strategy among potential suppliers. … different measures of supplier-buyertrust, tha thigher levels of trust mitigate relationship-specific underinvestment in a …

transfer, and their implications for investment, innovation, and product market competition. The model also sheds light on the … communicate valuable knowledge to an entrepreneur, facilitating innovation. The venture capitalist can also communicate the …

transfer, and their implications for investment, innovation, and product market competition. The model also sheds light on the … communicate valuable knowledge to an entrepreneur, facilitating innovation. The venture capitalist can also communicate the …

transfer, and their implications for investment, innovation, and product market competition. The model also sheds light on the … communicate valuable knowledge to an entrepreneur, facilitating innovation. The venture capitalist can also communicate the …

firms cooperate with external actors in the field of technological innovation, and if so, with what type of cooperation … data provided by the Technological Innovation Panel in the 2006-2008 period for firms in the automotive sector. We estimate …

firms cooperate with external actors in the field of technological innovation, and if so, with what type of cooperation … data provided by the Technological Innovation Panel in the 2006-2008 period for firms in the automotive sector. We estimate …

show that 93 percent of firms were engaged in incremental innovation activities, while 87 percent in new product …

, rather than dynamic benefits from greater innovation. I develop a property-rights model of a supply relationship with two … declines: the final producer must either integrate her suppliers, which prompts a decline in their investment; or else risk …