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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Llanes, Gaston - Harvard Business School; Harvard Business School - 2009
We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms thatsell software and complementary goods or services. In addition totactical price competition, we allow firms to compete through businessmodel reconfigurations. We consider three business models: theproprietary model (where all...
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Challenges of open innovation: the paradox of firm investment in open-source software
West, Joel; Gallagher, Scott - 2006
Open innovation is a powerful framework encompassing the generation, capture, and employment of intellectual property at the firm level. We identify three fundamental challenges for firms in applying the concept of open innovation: finding creative ways to exploit internal innovation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460930
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Effort Estimation of FLOSS Projects: A Study of the Linux Kernel
Capiluppi, Andrea; Daniel, Izquierdo-Cortazar - 2011
productivity pattern. A further, cross-cutting characterization of developers could be achieved by associating developers with … of evaluating effort,productivity and types of activity globally and around major releases. They enable a comparison of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463250
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Price response in multiple item choice: spillover effects of reference price
Kwak, Kyuseop - 2007
In this thesis, we develop a SKU level market basket model and apply the model to investigate cross-category reference price effects. This research extends previous work on the category-level multivariate logit model (Russell and Petersen 2000). Our model is a generalization of the multivariate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466061
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Total Factor Productivity, Human Capital and Outward Orientation: Differences by Stage of Ddevelopment and Geographic Regions
Miller, Stephen M.; Upadhyay, Mukti P. - 2002
production technology. Then we estimate the total factor productivity series for each classification. Using determinants of total … factor productivity that include, among many others, human capital, openness, and distortion of domestic prices relative to … productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429948
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Explaining Economic Growth: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity Growth, and Production Efficiency Improvement
Limam, Yasmina Reem; Miller, Stephen M. - 2004
productivity growth, and production efficiency improvement. In addition, this paper incorporates the quality of inputs in analyzing … output growth, where the productivity of capital depends on its average age, while the productivity of labor depends on its … the improved quality of factors or total factor productivity growth in explaining output growth. The quality of capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429952
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An 'Ideal' Decomposition of Industry Dynamics: An Application to the Nationwide and State Level U.S. Banking Industry
Jeon, Yongil; Miller, Stephen M. - 2005
This paper considers the aggregate performance of the banking industry, applying a modified and extended dynamic decomposition of bank return on equity. The aggregate performance of any industry depends on the underlying microeconomic dynamics within that industry . adjustments within banks,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430024
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An 'Ideal' Deconposition of Industry Dynamics: An Application to the Nationwide and State Level U.S. Banking Industry
Jeon, Yongil; Miller, Stephen M. - 2002
This paper considers the aggregate performance of the banking industry, applying a modified and extended dynamic decomposition of bank return on equity. The aggregate performance of any industry depends on the underlying microeconomic dynamics within that industry --- adjustments within banks,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430221
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Productivity Growth and Convergence in Crop, Ruminant and Non-Ruminant Production: Measurement and Forecasts
Ludena, Carlos; Hertel, Thomas; Preckel, Paul; Foster, … - 2006
There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections … in measuring historical productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to report the latest time series evidence on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430328
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Skills, Labour Costs, and Vertically Differentiated Industries: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Lutz, Stefan; Turrini, Alessandro - 1999
The effect of labour costs on industry profits, employment and labour income is at the heart of the current European debate on industry competitiveness. High wages paid in European countries such as Germany are generally considered harmful for industry profitability. Though, high wages appear...
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