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Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence

Zilibotti, Fabrizio; Griffith, Rachel; Aghion, Philippe; … - 2010

relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple incomplete contracts model. Then, we investigate … find that the technology intensities of downstream (producer) and upstream (supplier) industries have opposite effects on … measures of technology intensity, with alternative estimation strategies, and with or without controlling for a number of firm …

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Stakeholder Management, Cooperatives, and Selfish-Individualism

Ferri, Giovanni; Leogrande, Angelo - 2021

We analyze stakeholder management (STM) relative to cooperation and individualism within the fourth industrial revolution (FIR). STM is a recent corporate governance tool boosting cooperation and allowing representativeness of individualistic behaviors even in dialectical environments. Though...

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The Economy of Collaboration between Reciprocity and Profit

Leogrande, Angelo - 2022

The book entitled “L’Economia della Collaborazione. Le Nuove Piattaforme Digitali della Produzione e del Consumo” was written by Francesco Ramella and Cecilia Manzo in 2019 and published in Bologna for il Mulino. The book has 245 pages and a cover price of 22.00 euros. The book consists of...

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Decizia, factor determinant în procesele manageriale și în activitatea de cercetare

Corbu, Ion - 2023

Prezenta lucrare abordează un segment al problematicii complexe cu privire la procesul de luare a deciziilor. Odată cu dezvoltarea tehnologiilor informațioanle s-au dezvoltat și implementat sistemele suport de decizie (DSS) care au devenit din ce în ce mai performante și au fost...

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Strategic outsourcing with technology transfer under price competition

Kabiraj, Tarun; Sinha, Uday Bhanu - 2014

production technology which is superior to that of an independent input supplier. We show that if the degree of product …. Technology transfer in the form of patent sale will act as a commitment that the firm will outsource. While the outsourcing firm …

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As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: The Welfare Impacts of Contract Farming

Bellemare, Marc F. - 2010

What is the impact of participation in commodity chains on producer welfare? Contract farming – wherein a processing firm delegates its production of agricultural commodities to growers – is often viewed as a means of increasing grower welfare in developing countries. Because the nonrandom...

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As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: The Welfare Impacts of Contract Farming

Bellemare, Marc F. - 2010

What is the impact of participation in agricultural value chains on the welfare of smallholders? Contract farming, wherein a processing firm delegates its production of agricultural commodities to growers, is often viewed as a means of increasing smallholder welfare in developing countries....

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Smallholder Participation in Agricultural Value Chains: Comparative Evidence from Three Continents

Barrett, Christopher B.; Bachke, Maren E.; Bellemare, … - 2010

Supermarkets, specialized wholesalers, and processors and agro-exporters’ agricultural value chains have begun to transform the marketing channels into which smallholder farmers sell produce in low-income economies. We develop a conceptual framework through which to study contracting between...

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Asymmetric Information and the Property Rights Approach to the Theory of the Firm

Schmitz, Patrick W. - 2017

is symmetric. Ownership matters for investment incentives, provided that investments are partly relationship-specific. We … investments). It turns out that if there is asymmetric information, then ownership matters for investment incentives and for the … investment decision and even when the owner's expected disagreement payoff is larger under A-ownership. …

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Bargaining position, bargaining power, and the property rights approach

Schmitz, Patrick W. - 2013

In the property rights approach to the theory of the firm (Hart, 1995), parties bargain about whether or not to collaborate after non-contractible investments have been made. Most contributions apply the regular Nash bargaining solution. We explore the implications of using the generalized Nash...

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