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Vertical Integration and Technology : Theory and Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Griffith, Rachel; … - 2008

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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Backward Versus Forward Integration of Firms in Global Value Chains

Egger, Peter; Erhardt, Katharina; Masllorens, Gerard - 2021

depend on the relative investment intensity of the producer and the supplier so as to align investment incentives and …

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Intellectual Property Rights and Efficient Firm Organization

Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

dimensions of non- contractible investment. In equilibrium, the first best is attained if and only if ownership of tangible and … declines: the final producer must either integrate her suppliers, which prompts a decline in their investment; or else risk …

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Vertical Integration and Firm Boundaries : The Evidence

Lafontaine, Francine; Slade, Margaret - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2007

Understanding what determines firm boundaries and the choice between interacting in a firm or a market is not only the fundamental concern of the theory of the firm, but it is also one of the most important issues in economics. Data on value added, for example, reveal that in the US,...

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Intellectual property rights and efficient firm organization

Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M. - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008

dimensions of non-contractible investment. In equilibrium, the first best is attained if and only if ownership of tangible and … declines: the final producer must either integrate her suppliers, which prompts a decline in their investment; or else risk …

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Labor union bargaining and firm organizational structure

Chongvilaivan, Aekapol; Hur, Jung; Riyanto, Yohanes E. - In: Labour Economics 24 (2013) C, pp. 116-124

Bargaining sequences, though vital to the real-world business strategies, are often treated as exogenously given. We examine bargaining sequences in the setting where a downstream firm makes a merger decision with an upstream partner and faces a negotiation with a union. When the downstream...

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Vertical Integration and Patent Licensing in Upstream and Downstream Markets

Bouguezzi, Fehmi; EL ELJ, Moez - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The present paper studies and compares different vertical integration structures on consumers and total surplus with licensing by mean of a fixed fee in two successive homogeneous-good Cournot duopolies where one of the firms in each market has a different cost-reducing innovation. The key...

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Vertical Licensing, Input Pricing, and Entry

Bakaouka, Elpiniki - 2017

We explore the incentives of a vertically integrated incumbent firm to license the production technology of its core …

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Vertical licensing, input pricing, and entry

Bakaouka, Elpiniki; Milliou, Chrysovalantou - 2017

We explore the incentives of a vertically integrated incumbent firm to license the production technology of its core …

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The Rise and Fall of Third-Party High-Speed Access

Rosston, Gregory L. - 2013

While Internet usage blossomed during the entire 1995-2001 time period, there was a large change in the nature of the high-speed Internet access business. Initially, connection, routing and content were three separate parts of high-speed Internet service. Cable companies initially teamed with...

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