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Summary The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, it presents the results of a “history-friendly” simulation model of evolution of the pharmaceutical industry. Second, it aims at contributing to a more general methodological discussion about agent-based models by proposing an...
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This study examines the dispersion in prices for homogeneous grocery products, and studies the effect of product characteristics, demographic characteristics of consumers, and market structure on search costs and price dispersion. The findings show that price dispersion is affected by search...
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Summary Based on an extended game-theoretic innovation-race model, we derive some Schumpeterian hypotheses of the … and process innovations. Using innovation data at the firm level in the German industrial sector, we estimate various … versions of an econometric specification of the model with dichotomous innovation data by using a univariate binary probit …
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This paper investigates the evolution of market structure in the Turkish insurance industry over the period 1996-2004, using the Panzar and Rosse (1987) methodology. The sample period has been divided into three sub-periods (1996-1998, 1999-2001, and 2002-2004). The results suggest that in the...
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Abstract We use data from the two leading US platforms, Prosper and Lending Club, to explore the drivers of the growing consumer demand for peer-to-peer (P2P) credit. Despite the online nature of new entrants, we rely on the spatial autoregressive model because spatial effects play an important...
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This paper explores the link between quality, cost and concentration. Using concentration and cost data and product quality indicators for 2,244 products in over eighty industries in 1997 and 2002 in the US, a two-stage, ordered probit, random effects estimation explores the impact of...
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seasonality, a continued internationalization process as well as an orientation towards quality, productivity and innovation …
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bestehen. Die kritische Würdigung schliesst mit Empfehlungen für eine Förderpolitik der touristischen Innovation ab.  … decline. There is a rich body of literature on innovation in tourism in terms of case studies and of conceptual contributions … on various types and forms of innovation. However, the development mechanisms, the incentives with the expected returns …
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entwickeln. Die Ausprägungen der Netzwerke beeinflussen dabei den Produktentwicklungsprozess und den Grad der Innovation. Die …, network characteristics and specifications have an impact on the product development process and the degree of innovation …
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Zusammenfassung Das Phänomen der „Coopetition“ wird seit einiger Zeit in seinen Bezügen zur Innovationsfähigkeit regional-sektoraler Verbundsysteme diskutiert, hat bislang aber noch zu wenig Beachtung von Seiten der Destinationsforschung gefunden. Am Beispiel der Destination Napo in...
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