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Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence
Zilibotti, Fabrizio; Griffith, Rachel; Aghion, Philippe; … - 2010
relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple incomplete contracts model. Then, we investigate … find that the technology intensities of downstream (producer) and upstream (supplier) industries have opposite effects on … measures of technology intensity, with alternative estimation strategies, and with or without controlling for a number of firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432017
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Technology, growth and employment
Corley, Marva; Michie, Jonathan; Oughton, Christine - 2002
The relationship between technology, productivity and employment is a complex one. Increased productivity can lead not … looks at the effects on productivity of different forms of investment--in physical capital, in Research & Development, and … investment across all three categories--in machinery, in innovation and in people. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441434
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Introduction: The internationalisation of the innovation process
Michie, Jonathan - 1998
The international economics of business and management has focused - both in the academic literature and in corporate and public policy discussions - increasingly on issues of globalisation, innovation and 'competitiveness'. These issues, and in particular their interrelation, are analysed in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441435
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Technological Characteristics and R&D Alliance Form: Evidence from the U.S. Biotechnology Industry
Wang, Xia - 2005
This study seeks to advance and test the knowledge-based theory of the firm as it applies to explaining the governance structure of R&D alliances. Unlike transaction-cost economics, the knowledge-based theory attempts to explain organizational form not primarily in terms of incentive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430026
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The association between technological conditions and the market value of equity
Matolcsy, Zoltan P.; Wyatt, Anne - 2008
to spread (or diffuse) the innovations into wider use. Hence, technology is important for the investment decisions of all … combined investment decisions of those firms doing the inventing, and those firms that adopt those inventions, and thereby help … success rate of past technological investments, technology complexity, and the technology development period. We use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448869
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Technology capital: the price of admission to the growth club.
Evenson, Robert E.; Fuglie, Keith O. - 2010
relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we … employ a Solow-type growth accounting method to decompose output growth into input and TFP growth. For technology capital we … countries. We then correlate technology capital levels with long-term growth rates in agricultural TFP. Our findings show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429506
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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006
Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432547
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Determinants of investment in tangible and intangible fixed assets
García-Posada, Miguel; Menéndez Pujadas, Álvaro; … - 2020
efectivo para suavizar la inversión en I+D. ; We investigate which firm characteristics are associated with investment in … type of investment. Regarding firm characteristics, we find that younger and more profitable firms tend to invest more in …. In addition, there is a concave relationship between leverage and investment. Regarding funding sources, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012523787
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Multilateral bargaining and strategic investments in the Eurasian gas supply network
Ikonnikova, Svetlana - 2008
formed or monopoly supply will be organized. We quantify the strategic value of different investment options. In particular … investment problems and in confronting the theory with the real world experience. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467105
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Product strategies under durability, lock-in and assortment considerations
Gilbert, Stephen M. (contributor) - 2009
In this dissertation I focus on two considerations that influence the product strategy of a firm. The first is consumers’ choice and its influence on a firm’s product offering, and the second is the interaction between durable products and their contingent consumables. First, I study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429319