This paper studies a two stage incomplete contract between a buyer and a seller, with specific investments and endogenous outside options. Given that a party's outside option identifies counterpart's competitors, with such endogenous outside options, some of the main conclusions of the standard...

We present simple a model adequate for investment decisions in duopolies under total hidden competition. In this competitive context all potential entrants remain unrevealed until they decide to move into the market. The value-functions and the optimal entry thresholds are derived

This study examines the link between product market competition and labor investment efficiency. We find that competitive pressure distorts the efficiency of corporate employment decisions by creating an underinvestment problem. This finding withstands a battery of robustness checks and remains...

The interaction between product market competition, R&D investment, and the financing choices of R&D-intensive firms on the development of innovative products is only partially understood. To motivate empirical hypotheses about this interaction, we develop a model which predicts that as...

It has long been recognized that competitive considerations play a central role in corporate voluntary disclosure practices. Yet, the ways in which competition and disclosure interact are sensitive to various factors, including both the nature of information and the nature of competitive...

Grundlagen -- Einführung und Überblick -- Spieltheorie -- Kostenführerschaft und Wettbewerb im homogenen Oligopol -- Monopol: Preispolitik -- Preiswettbewerb -- Monopol: Mengenpolitik -- Mengen- und Kostenwettbewerb -- Innovationswettbewerb unter Risiko -- Innovationswettbewerb bei Spillover...

In this paper, we estimate the value of an Information Communication Technology (ICT) investment opportunity, modeled as a Real Option (RO), when there is competition threat that can influence negatively its value or even more eliminate it. So far in the ICT literature, competition modeling is...

The effects of competitive interactions on investment decisions and on the dynamics of the price of a nonstorable commodity are studied in a model of incremental investment with time to build and operating flexibility. I find that an increase in uncertainty may encourage firms to increase their...

This paper studies how division managers' access to venture capital (VC) markets affects the internal capital allocation decision of a multi-division firm. Division managers may leave firms and seek venture financing if their project ideas are not funded by headquarters. A successful new venture...