Theoretical Framework of Information Technology in Alliances and Mergers, describes the central themes of this dissertation … corporate alliances and mergers. This is followed by a theoretical essay, entitled Propositions on the Value of Flexible IT … derive particularly from collaborative corporate alliances or deeply integrative mergers. …

2004. My results provide support for disturbance theory of mergers, size hypothesis, and inefficient management hypothesis … electricity industry has spawned a new wave of mergers, both raising questions and providing opportunities to examine these … mergers. Third chapter of my dissertation investigates the drivers of electric utility mergers consummated between 1992 and …

Advertising agencies trade on their creativity, which is supplied by teams of creative and account workers to create … customer-centered advertising that is both novel and interesting. This research explores the magic of the advertising creative …

required to take into account the decisions of others, the process can be modeled as a game. Game theory has been previously be … the strategy of others. In this paper, the application of game theory in the context of MC&A upgrades is discussed …. By demonstrating the application of game theory to a nontraditional environment that may require MC&A upgrades, this work …

problem as the well studied Cournot Duopoly would be a good starting point. In economics dynamics studies the oligopoly model … about repeated games in general and more specifically in duopoly/oligopoly models. Cox and Walker studied whether subjects … continuous time version of the Cournot Oligopoly with multiproduct firms. They analyzed the stability of the equilibrium and …