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Internal Efficiency and External Conditions.
Weibull, J-W - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
This paper develops a new analystical approach to the old question whether market conditions may influence the internal efficiency of firms. The basic textbook model of the firm is slightly extended to incorporate managers' incentives to reduce production costs in an imperfectly competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486493
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Incomplete Markets and the Firm.
Dierker, E.; Dierker, H.; Grodal, B. - Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - 1999
In this paper we analyze the welfare properties of the set of Dreze equilibria for economies with incomplete markets and firms. The well known fact that a Dreze equilibrium need not be constrained Pareto Optimal is often attributed to a lack of coordination between firms. We show that there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487070
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SEM and the Changing Structure of EU Manufacturing, 1987-1993.
Davies, S.; Rondi, L.; Sembenelli, A. - School of Economics, University of East Anglia - 1998
This paper reports the initial results from a project designed to track the evolution of industrial and corporate structure of EU manufacturing alongside the ongoing European integration process. At the heart of the work is the construction of an "EU market share matrix" for 1993. This includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005641407
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Internal Efficiency and External Conditions
Weibull, Jörgen W. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
This paper develops a new analytical approach to the old question whether market conditions may influence the internal efficiency of firms. The basic textbook model of the firm is slightly extended to incorporate managers' incentives to reduce production costs in an imperfectly competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600194
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SEM and the Changing Structure of EU Manufacturing, 1987-1993.
Davies, S.; Rondi, L.; Sembenelli, A. - School of Economics, University of East Anglia - 1998
This paper reports the initial results from a project designed to track the evolution of industrial and corporate structure of EU manufacturing alongside the ongoing European integration process. At the heart of the work is the construction of an "EU market share matrix" for 1993. This includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008621778
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Downsizing, X-Efficiency. and Social Efficiency.
Pompermaier, A. - Fächergruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre, Helmut Schmidt … - 2000
In this paper a theoretical framework is provided to link firm efficiency to product market competition. In particular x-efficienct is shown to arise to the extent unions directly affect the level of employment. A positive relationship is established between social efficiency and x-efficiency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625453
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Firm Heterogeneity and the Timing of Market Entry.
Narasimhan, C.; Zhang, Z.J. - Business Law and Economics Center, Olin School of Business - 1998
Our analysis shows that in entering a new market a firm should not just focus its attention on the price that the market awards to a pioneer, or the tradeoff between first mover advantages and disadvantages. It should also consider the adverse consequences of being laggard.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625667
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Industrial Structure and Strategic Takeover in a Differentiated Market.
Giraud-Heraud, E.; Hammoudi, H.; Mokrane, M. - Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor. - 1999
We examine takeover strategies for a multiproduct firm operating in a horizontally differentiated market. We show why a strategic scheme for taking over competitors should obey a maximal market share connection principle. When trying to reinforce its market power, a multiproduct firm should try...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005660695
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Marktstruktur, Innovationsaktivität und Profitabilität der deutschen Ernährungswirtschaft: Das Beispiel Functional Food.
Wittkopp, Antje - Institut für Ernährungswirtschaft und … - 2002
Zeitraum 1995 bis 1999 empirisch der Einfluss der Marktstruktur auf die allgemeine Innovationsaktivität sowie speziell jene im …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647564
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Profitable horizontal mergers without cost advantages: The role of internal organization, information, and market structure
Huck, Steffen; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2001
and welfare – improving even if costs are linear. The driving force behind these results, which help to reconcile theory … Wirkungen auf die Marktstruktur. Sie reduzieren nicht einfach die Zahl der Wettbewerber in einem Markt, sondern durch Fusionen … Kostensynergien gibt. Der Schlüssel für dieses Ergebnis, das eine Theorie für eine Reihe von empirischen Befunden liefert, ist der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370662