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‘natural’ appropriability). The knowledge factor is further used to develop the theory of escalation mechanism by …
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We examine the evolving structure of the U.S. hospital industry since 1970, focusing on how ownership form influences entry and exit behavior. We develop theoretical predictions based on the model of Lakdawalla and Philipson, in which for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals differ regarding...
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The threshold autoregressive (TAR) model by Enders and Granger (1998) and Enders and Siklos (2001) is a popular econometric model that estimates asymmetric price transmission (APT) with non-stationary time series data. However, empirical studies have not considered much the arbitrariness of...
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production among countries since the value-added created by trade is forecasted based on a sound theory of production. This makes …
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den Einfluss der Informationsweitergabe auf die Marktstruktur, die Marktgleichgewichte, die soziale Wohlfahrt und die …
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Verständnis dieser Dynamik, analysiert diese Dissertation die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Innovation und Wettbewerb. Die Arbeit … wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit analysiert. Betrachtet man den Einfluss von Wettbewerb auf Innovation, zeigt eine empirische Analyse, dass … Innovation auf Wettbewerb, sind zwei Ergebnisse wert genannt zu werden. Erstens, obwohl profitabel von der Perspektive einzelner …
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question for today's managers and organizational researchers. Proponents of contingency theory have argued that organizations … has been done on contingency theory, it is clear that our understanding of uncertainty is far from complete. One important … aspect of today's organizations is their focus on service, mass customization, and continuous innovation. This focus often …
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test an idea from relational contracting theory that informal relationships can substitute for formal enforcement through …
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This dissertation investigates the relationship between industrial and trade policies and their impact on firm-level incentives to become more productive. In Chapter two we use a two-sector growth model and show that the impact of a rise in competition in the intermediate goods sector (that...
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of refineries partially offsets the large reduction in consumer surplus. As the theory predicts, these shocks have a …
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