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In this paper I propose a novel abstract mechanism for the creation and diffusion of knowledge and use an agent based modelling approach to explore it. The mechanism takes into account the relation between the phenomena that agents attempt to explain and the stocks of knowledge available in a...
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We study social learning and innovation in an overlapping generations model, emphasizing the trade-off between marginal … that sustaining radical innovation in the long-run requires external intervention. -- Social Learning ; Innovation …
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We study social learning and innovation in an overlapping generations model, emphasizing the trade-off between marginal … that sustaining radical innovation in the long-run requires external intervention. -- Social Learning ; Innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488894
We offer a model of experimentation and learning with uncertain outcomes, and show that competition leads to less …
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We develop a framework in which: (i) a firm can have a new product tested publicly before launch; and (ii) tests vary in toughness, holding expertise fixed. Price flexibility boosts the strong positive impact on consumer beliefs of passing a tough test and mitigates the strong negative impact of...
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academics alike. Learning and innovation play important roles and more critical is the mediating factors and how it impacts the … learning and innovation in youth-owned small businesses in Lagos, Nigeria, from a cross-sectional perspective. Design … though government support, informal network society and external knowledge all have a positive relationship with learning and …
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In this paper I propose a novel abstract mechanism for the creation and diffusion of knowledge and use an agent based modelling approach to explore it. The mechanism takes into account the relation between the phenomena that agents attempt to explain and the stocks of knowledge available in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591877
This paper considers the financing of a research project under uncertainty about the time of completion and the probability of eventual success. The uncertainty about future success gradually diminishes with the arrival of addtional funding. The entrepreneur controls the funds and can divert...
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This paper analyses an entry timing game with uncertain entry costs. Two firms receive costless signals about the cost of a new project and decide when to invest. We characterize the equilibrium of the investment timing game with private and public signals. We show that competition leads the two...
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We study dynamic market competition between a monopoly incumbent and an entrant experimenting with disruptive innovation. The monopolist can only pursue the uncertain innovation if it buys the disruptor, who is more efficient and privately knows its ability. Mergers generate synergies. We...
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