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Corporate espionage
Billand, Pascal; Bravard, Christophe; Chakrabarti, Subhadip - 2009
We consider a multimarket framework where a set of firms compete on two interrelated oligopolistic markets. Prior to competing in these markets, firms can spy on others in order to increase the quality of their product. We characterize the equilibrium espionage networks and networks that...
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Spying in multi-market oligopolies
Billand, Pascal; Bravard, Christophe; Chakrabarti, Subhadip - 2010
We consider a multimarket framework where a set of firms compete on two interrelated oligopolistic markets. Prior to competing in these markets, firms can spy on others in order to increase the quality of their product. We characterize the equilibrium espionage networks and networks that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008737102
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Bertrand price competition in a social environment
Tieman, Alexander F.; Laan, Gerard van der; Houba, Harold - 1998
We analyze the behavior of producers who compete through price competition in a social environment from a sociological point of view. The standard model of Bertrand price competition is enriched with producers who follow a "Win Cooperate, Lose Defect" (WCLD) strategy. This strategy is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010232132
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Bailouts in a common market : a strategic approach
Glowicka, Ela - 2005
consumers from the two countries form one market. We show that the subsidy is positive also when it fails to prevent the exit …
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Green subsidies as strategic trade policy tools
Buccella, Domenico; Fanti, Luciano; Gori, Luca - 2023
("green") subsidy can become a potential strategic trade policy tool. When governments set the optimal policy tool considering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013540623
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Breaking up a research consortium
Niedermayer, Andras; Wu, Jianjun - 2013
Inter-firm R&D collaborations through contractual arrangements have become increasingly popular, but in many cases they are broken up without any joint discovery. We provide a rationale for the breakup date in R&D collaboration agreements. More specifically, we consider a research consortium...
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Direct and indirect effects of R&D cooperation on the innovation of Italian firms
Ardovino, Otello; Pennacchio, Luca; Piroli, Giuseppe - 2014
Firm innovation capacity depends not only on internal capabilities, but also on external expertise and knowledge acquired through cooperation. This paper analyzes direct and indirect effect of R&D cooperation on the innovation of Italian firms. Using a multivariate probit model to account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527206
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Trade, trade agreements and subsidies : the case of the Indian apparel industry
Mukherjee, Arpita; Paul, Anusree; Sarma, Angana Parashar; … - 2018
India has a large positive trade balance in the apparel sector and is ranked among the top 10 apparel exporting countries. However, of late, its export growth has stagnated and the country is facing competition in key export markets such as the United States and the European Union from other...
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The core of the global corporate network
Giglio, Ricardo; Lux, Thomas - 2016
We investigate the network topology of a comprehensive data set of the world-wide population of corporate entities. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436477
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Addiction and network influence
Popiel, Michal Ksawery - 2014
influence can work in both ways: influencing an individual to use and helping them to quit. The structure of the network has … addictive substances through deterrence. I provide a network-based explanation of why usage rates can vary across otherwise … similar agents and show how in some situations encouraging network ties can lead to lower use while in others it can have the …
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