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The economic optimality of sanction mechanisms in interorganizational ego networks : a game theoretical analysis

Kudic, Muhamed; Banaszak, Marc - 2009

perspective, a still widely underemphasized topic in the literature. -- alliance portfolio ; ego network ; governance ; sanctions … efficiency analysis sensibilizes for discretionary elements in governance structures and demonstrates that not one single … erfüllen. Die Effizienzanalyse sensibilisiert für Problematiken, die mit diskretionären Elementen in Governance …

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Strategic outsourcing revisited

Bühler, Stefan (contributor); Haucap, Justus (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper analyzes a sequential game where firms decide about outsourcing the production of a non-specific input good to an imperfectly competitive input market. We apply the taxonomy of business strategies introduced by Fudenberg and Tirole (1984) to characterize the different equilibria. We...

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Formal contracts, relational contracts, and the threat-point effect

Itō, Hideshi; Morita, Hodaka - 2011

Can formal contracts help resolving the holdup problem? We address this important question by studying the holdup problem in repeated transactions between a seller and a buyer in which the seller can make relation-specific investments in each period. In contrast to previous findings, we...

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Transactions Costs, Innovation and Learning

Nooteboom, Bart - 2014

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Backward Versus Forward Integration of Firms in Global Value Chains

Egger, Peter; Erhardt, Katharina; Masllorens, Gerard - 2021

Production processes are increasingly organized in international value-chain networks. The involved firms can be operating at arm’s length or be vertically integrated. Both the incidence and the direction of integration (backward or forward in the value chain) depend on specific...

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When Sharing Platforms Fix Sellers' Prices

Nowag, Julian - 2018

While price-fixing on platforms can attract severe enforcement action, as shown by the Amazon poster case, a more nuanced picture emerges regarding the fixing of prices for sellers by sharing economy platforms. This paper explores possible antitrust responses to such centralised platform-driven...

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Managing Behavioural Risks in Logistics-Based Networks - A Project Finance Approach

Schaefer, Henry - 2013

Purpose – Logistic service providers (LSPs) are increasingly required to take over the ownership of network-specific inventories and to finance related working capital. The paper examines the nature of associated uncertainties, especially behavioural risks and illustrates the mechanisms of the...

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The Dynamic Limits of Specialization : Vertical Re-Integration Reconsidered

Cacciatori, Eugenia; Jacobides, Michael G. - 2005

Existing studies, largely based in the transaction cost economics tradition, approach the issue of vertical scope from the point of view of the decision faced by the individual firm about whether to make or buy, given a set of existing markets and well-defined vertical segments. However, recent...

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Robust Imitation Strategies

Sudharshan, D.; Furrer, Olivier; Arakoni, Ramesh - 2015

Performance is the lifeblood of a firm's management. Performance itself depends on the adaptation of strategy, based on learning and the environment. An important way that firms adapt their strategy is through imitation or mimetic isomorphism. Imitation implies a referent for such adaptations....

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Multiproduct competition in vertically related industries

Yoshida, Shohei - 2015

The paper investigates how competition between two multiproduct downstream firms in vertical relationships affects horizontal relationships: competitor collaboration and performance difference. When the upstream market consists of exclusive suppliers, the efficient firm may have incentive for...

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