In this article, we analyse the optimal investment decision in a new health care technology of a representative … hospital that maximises its surplus in an uncertain environment. The new technology allows the hospital to increase the quality … to show how the purchasing rules might influence the level of investment. We show that the investment in new technology …

value of patents and their potential to block competitors in technology markets. Our empirical results for European firm … firms with valuable patents. However, patents with a potential to block technology competitors seem to be only of interest …

acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …

acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm … blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results have implications for …

Estimating the response of hours worked to technology shocks is often considered as a crucial step for evaluating the … estimated using a VAR, and retrieve alternative nonfundamental representations of the relation between technology shocks and … conditioning on a technology shock. This result is more robust than the results by Christiano et al. [2004], because it is …

Arbeitsprozess – und teils sogar über Bewegungsmuster und Vitalfunktionen der Beschäftigten – generieren. Die Wearable-Technologie … process – and sometimes even on movement patterns and vital functions of the employees. Wearables technology is at an early … stage of development, in which the interests and perspectives of relevant stakeholders, especially technology developers and …