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International Know-how Trade and Foreign Direct Investment / Direktinvestitionen und Handel mit Know-how
Klein, Martin - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 217 (1998) 4, pp. 418-435
Summary The improved international tradability of services and the better protection of intellectual property rights - both of which have been results of the Uruguay Round - increase the international tradability of know-how. This paper investigates the economic impact of this. It is shown that...
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Potentielle Konkurrenz - Zur Dogmengeschichte vermeintlich neuer Ansätze der Industrieökonomik / Potential Competition: On the History of Supposedly New Approaches of Industrial Or...
Paech, Niko - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 217 (1998) 4, pp. 467-482
unterteilen, nämlich die Post-entry-Analyse und die Contestable-market-Theorie. Beide Ansätze, die fast zeitgleich gegen Ende der … contestable market theory. Both approaches resurfaced towards the end of the seventies and claimed to provide a new concept of … industrial organization. But a short look at the history of market entry theory reveals that the underlying principles had …
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In What Sense do Firms Evolve?
Nooteboom, Bart - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 234 (2014) 2-3, pp. 185-209
Summary Does evolutionary theory help, for a theory of the firm, or, more widely, a theory of organization? In this … analogy, is both useful and viable. Why should we try to preserve evolutionary theory, and will such theory stand up to … sustained critical analysis? How useful is it for theory of the firm? Evolutionary theory appears to be the most adequate theory …
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Impact of Asset Specificity on Inter-firm Transaction Structure: A Case Study
Azarian, Reza - In: Journal of Industrial Organization Education 6 (2012) 1
Abstract This article reports on the results of a case study that examines the characteristics of the transaction between a plastic producer firm and its supplier of steel injection mold in order to explore the possible effects of asset specificity on the firm�s choice of the transaction...
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Effects of Spectrum Holdings on Equilibrium in the Wireless Industry
Lhost, Jonathan; Pinto, Brijesh; Sibley, David - In: Review of Network Economics 14 (2015) 2, pp. 111-155
Abstract We propose a model of Bertrand competition in which consumers choose firms based on prices and qualities. Service quality depends on congestion, which is a function of capacity and output. We first present theoretical properties of the model. Next, we calibrate the model to the wireless...
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Vertical integration in the real estate sector: three Swedish case studies
Lind, Hans - In: Journal of European Real Estate Research 10 (2017) 2, pp. 195-210
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain why some real estate companies choose to have a vertically integrated structure, instead of specializing in only stage of the production chain. Design/methodology/approach The first stage of the research was an extensive literature review to...
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The competition effect of new entry on mutual fund incumbents in China
Feng, Xunan; Xu, Jin; Wang, Ying; Tang, Chunyan - In: China Finance Review International 7 (2017) 1, pp. 98-113
Purpose Using the sample between 2005 and 2011, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of a new fund entry on incumbents using the overlap measure in portfolio holdings. Design/methodology/approach Empirical methodology is used in this study. Findings The authors find that...
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Is social responsibility driven by industry or firm‐specific factors?
Moura‐Leite, Rosamaria C.; Padgett, Robert C.; Galan, … - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 7, pp. 1200-1221
Purpose – This study aims to revisit the relative importance of industry and firm level effects on corporate social responsibility (CSR), with the objective of clarifying their diverse effects on CSR. Design/methodology/approach – The authors suggest that CSR is a shared strategic asset...
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Leadership as a balancing act between performance‐ and development‐orientation
Wallo, Andreas; Ellström, Per‐Erik; Kock, Henrik - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 34 (2013) 3, pp. 222-237
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to revisit data from a previous study of leadership in an industrial company that was in the process of implementing a process‐oriented, team‐based form of organisation. Based on these data, it aims to explore the assumption that...
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On the conditions for the cooperative relations between family businesses: the role of trust
Hadjielias, Elias; Poutziouris, Panikkos - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 21 (2015) 6, pp. 867-897
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the conditions underpinning the cooperative relationships between family businesses. The role of trust is also explored, given the focus on informal conditions nested within the cooperation between firms. Design/methodology/approach – A...
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