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Cooperation between Competitors - Subcontracting and the influence of information, production and capacity on market structure and competition
Schenk, Christoph - 1999
werden erstens Signalling via Querlieferungen und zweitens die Auswirkungen auf Produktvielfalt und Kapazitätsentscheidungen … Wettbewerbern die Wohlfahrt erhöht oder reduziert. Der Markt ist in der Lage, Mechanismen wie z.B. Signalling via Querlieferungen zu … subcontracting model first signalling via subcontracting and secondly the effects on product variety and capacity decisions are being …
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Essays on Issues in New Product Introduction: Product Rollovers, Information Provision, and Return Policies
Koca, Eylem - 2011
In this dissertation we study several key issues faced by firms while introducing new products to market. The first essay looks at product rollovers: introduction of a new product generation while phasing out the old one. We study the strategic decision of dual vs. single roll jointly with...
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The Use of Loan Loss Provisions for Earnings, Capital Management and Signalling by Australian Banks
Anandarajan, Asokan; Hasan, Iftekhar; McCarthy, Cornelia - 2005
this study, we examine whether Australian banks engage in earnings, capital management and signalling, and, if so, the … do not appear to use LLPs for signalling future intentions of higher earnings to investors. …
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The returns to education : microeconomics
Harmon, Colm; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Walker, Ian - 2003
In this paper we focus on education as a private decision to invest in ‘human capital’ and the estimation of the rate of return to that private investment. While the literature is replete with studies that estimate the rate of return using regression methods where the estimated return is...
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Changes in unrecognised deferred tax accruals from carry-forward losses: Opportunism or signalling?
Herbohn, K.; Tutticci, I.; Khor, P. S. - 2008
This study examines whether changes in the amount of unrecognised deferred tax assets from carry forward losses, determined in accordance with AASB1020 ‘Accounting for Income Taxes’, reflect managers’ incentives to opportunistically manage financial statements, or communicate private...
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Is there a signalling role for public wages? : evidence for the euro area based on macro data
Pérez García, Javier José; Sánchez-Fuentes, A. Jesús - 2009
?. This paper tries to isolate the pure signalling effect that one sector might exert on the other by controlling for other …
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Corporate Governance von humankapitalintensiven Unternehmen
Weishaupt, Till - 2007
Hintergrund der Untersuchung ist die zunehmende Bedeutung von Humankapital als wettbewerbsentscheidendem Produktionsfaktor in modernen humankapitalintensiven Unternehmungen. Es stellt sich die Frage nach den Auswirkungen der Bedeutungszunahme und der Regelung des „Primärhumankapitals“, also...
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Recent Applications of Economic Theory in Information Technology Research
Yannis, Bakos; Kemerer, C.F. - 1992
aspectsof economic theory in recent information systems research, leading toresults that have appeared in a wide variety of … theory are represented: information economics,production economics, economic models of organizational performance …,industrial organization, institutional economics (agency theory andtransaction cost theory), and macroeconomic studies of IT impact. Foreach …
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Financial reporting discretion and voluntary disclosure: corporate research and development expenditure in Australia
Percy, Majella - 2000
The aim of this paper is to explain Australian R&D capitalisation and voluntary disclosure. It is argued that the discretionary choices available to management in Australia with respect to the accounting for and the disclosure of R&D expenditure and activities can be explained by the reduction...
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