Nonprofit (NP) organizations provide key social service goods but rely on donations, obtained in a competitive environment, for that provision. Yet most research focuses on competition in the output markets without considering inter- and intra-sector competition in the markets for donations....

This study examines whether nonprofits (NP) engage in ‘excessive’ fundraising (EF) relative to what may be socially optimal. The investigation requires using a structural empirical model to approximate socially optimal fundraising levels. The analysis reveals evidence of EF of up to 31% in a...

This study examines the extent to which government grants to nonprofits crowd-out or crowd-in private giving to them. Grants influence private giving via two channels: (i) “directly” through donors’ preference-induced optimal change in their giving in response to the grants; and (ii)...

As economic integration advances, the interdependence between upstream and downstream firms within the supply chain intensifies. Using data from Chinese listed firms (2010–2023), we examine the impact of suppliers’ environmental misconduct on downstream firms’ green innovation continuity....

This paper examines the generation of technological knowledge by leading companies in the defence industry. In particular, we test whether the characteristics of large defence companies are related to both the production of different types of patents (civilian, military and mixed), and the...

Very recently overseas acquisition and outward greenfield foreign investment have emerged as the two important modes of internationalization of the Indian pharmaceutical enterprises. This study examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of these strategies so as to suggest which between the...

What are the trends in the global competitiveness of the Indian pharmaceutical industry? Where does this industry stand when compared to global peers on pharmaceutical value-added, productivity, research and development and trade performance? What are the new strategies that Indian...

Abstract: One of noticeable features of globalization are rapid changes of information systems. If a company wants to be successful, it must carry out many actions having impact on information system. This increasingly concerns multi-national companies, which solve this challenge by...

When two parties invest in human capital and at the same time decide on know-how disclosure it can be shown that joint ownership with veto power is the optimal ownership structure, given that only incomplete contracts can be written.

This paper investigates the strategy changes of the Benetton Group who have been facing severe intense competition in the international fashion market since the mid nine-ties. New competitors, in particular the European brands Zara, Mango and H&M, have challenged the Benetton position in the...