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Ein Modell der Netzwerkeffekte in der Software-Industrie
Gröhn, Andreas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997
Computer-owners combine complementary goods to a computer-system. They exchange data with others and between different applications. These interdependencies lead to three different network effects, which are explained in the framework of Hotelling models. In the framework of a one-dimensional...
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Upstream-Downstream Specialization by Integrated Firms in a Partially Integrated Industry
Gaudet, Gérard; Long, Ngo Van; Soubeyran, Antoine - In: Review of Industrial Organization 14 (1999) 4, pp. 321-335
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MAKE-OR-BUY’ IN INTERNATIONAL OLIGOPOLY AND THE ROLE OF COMPETITIVE PRESSURE
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - 2007
We study how competitive pressure influences the make-or-buy decision that oligopolistic firms face between producing an intermediate component in-house or purchasing it from a domestic supplier. We model outsourcing as a bilateral relationship in which the supplier undertakes...
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Successive Oligopolies, Vertical Downstream Integration and Foreclosure
Neumann, Manfred; Fell, Uli; Richard Reichel* - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 5 (2005) 1, pp. 59-77
accusation requires an adequate theory of vertical integration which allows to decide whether a refusal to sell follows … demand function for both the final and the intermediate product. Game theory is invoked to examine whether an integrated firm …
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Access to Bottleneck Inputs under Oligopoly: a Prisoners Dilemma?
Brito, Duarte; Pereira, Pedro - Autoridade de Concorrência, Government of Portugal - 2006
In this article, we analyze the incentives of vertically integrated oligopolists to concede access to their bottleneck inputs to an entrant in the downstream retail market. We develop a two-stage model, where in the first stage a downstream entrant negotiates an access price with three...
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'Make-or-Buy' in International Oligopoly and the Role of Competitive Pressure
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Department of Economics Studies, University of Dundee - 2006
The aim of this paper is to make a first step towards studying the role of social expenditure and its interaction with corporate taxation in determining the destination of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Using panel data for 18 OECD countries and measuring the extent of social welfare...
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Relazioni verticali e organizzazione d’impresa: nuove tematiche sul fronte dell’oligopolio / Vertical relations and firms organization:new issues on the oligopoly front
Zanetti, Giovanni; Boffa, Federico - In: Economia Internazionale / International Economics 61 (2008) 2-3, pp. 613-633
The paper discusses the evolution of the oligopoly theory, starting from Augustin Cournot’s seminal contribution until … the most recent developments that extensively exploit the sophisticated tools derived from game theory and mechanism … design. We then show how the oligopoly models have been used to understand the vertical organizations of firms operating in …
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Economising, Strategising and the Decision to Outsource
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …
We study the make-or-buy decision of oligopolistic firms in an industry in which final good production requires specialised inputs. Firms’ mode of operation decision depends on both the incentive to economize on costs and on strategic considerations. We explore the strategic incentives to...
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Economising, Strategising and the Decision to Outsource
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2011
We study the make-or-buy decision of oligopolistic firms in an industry in which final good production requires specialised inputs. Firms’ mode of operation decision depends on both the incentive to economize on costs and on strategic considerations. We explore the strategic incentives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552382
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‘Make-or-Buy’ in International Oligopoly and the Role of Competitive Pressure
Dermot, Leahy; Catia, Montagna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We study how competitive pressure influences the make-or-buy decision that oligopolistic firms face between producing an intermediate component in-house or purchasing it from a domestic supplier. We model outsourcing as a bilateral relationship in which the supplier undertakes relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836743