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The enactment of risk categories: organizing and re-organizing risk management practices in the energy industry

Scott, Susan V.; Perry, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

management software “A-Trade” was part of the shift from a traditional engineer-led culture of risk cognition to market …

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Optimal Consumer Network Structure Formation under Network Effects: Seeds Controllability and Visibility

Dou, Yifan; Niculescu, Marius Florin; Wu, Dongjun - NET Institute - 2011

Understanding the process of software adoption is of paramount importance to software start-ups. We study a …

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Matching demand and supply in a weightless economy : market-driven creativity with and without IPRs

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Many cultural products have the same nonrival nature as scientific knowledge. They therefore face identical difficulties in creation and dissemination. One traditional view says market failure is endemic: societies tolerate monopolistic inefficiency in intellectual property (IP) protection to...

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The weightless economy in economic development

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

Can the increasing significance of knowledge-products in national income - the growing weightless economy - influence economic development? Those technologies reduce ''distance'' between consumers and knowledge production. This paper analyzes a model embodying such a reduction. The model shows...

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Pricing of Complementary Goods and Network Effects*

Economides, Nicholas; Viard, V. Brian - NET Institute - 2005

We discuss the case of a monopolist of a base good in the presence of a complementary good provided either by it or by another firm. We assess and calibrate the extent of the influence on the profits from the base good that is created by the existence of the complementary good, i.e., the extent...

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Pricing of Complementary Goods and Network Effects

Economides, Nicholas; Viard, V. Brian - NET Institute - 2004

We discuss the case of a monopolist of a base good in the presence of complementary goods provided either by it or by other firms. We assess and calibrate the extent of the influence on the profits from the base good that is created by the existence of complementary goods, i.e., the extent of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622726

The role of perceived costs and perceived benefits in the relationship between personality and risk-related choices

Soane, Emma; Dewberry, Chris; Narendran, Sunitha - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper considers how perceptions of costs and benefits can influence the association between personality and risky choice behaviour. We assessed perceptions and behaviours in six domains (ethical; investment; gambling; health and safety; recreational; social) using the DOSPERT and measured...

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Measuring the parental, service and cost impacts of children with autistic spectrum disorder: a pilot study

Järbrink, Krister; Fombonne, Eric; Knapp, Martin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

collect cost information for individuals with autistic spectrum disorder. There is very little cost information on children or … adults with autism or autism-related disorder, and no study appears to have carried out a specific cost collection in this … area. Although some global cost estimates can be made, little is known about the cost implications of parental burden. By …

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