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Business strategy and firm reorganization under changing market conditions
Ghosal, Vivek - 2009
this paper is an observation-based analysis conducted by visiting selected paper mills in Finland, the U.S., Germany and … relatively similar firms lends credence to the insights provided by Denrell, Fang and Winter (2003) and Zott (2003), among others … innovative activity in traditional industries such as pulp and paper. -- incremental innovation, ICT investments, modernization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850304
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ICT, collaboration, and science-based innovation : evidence from BITNET
Wernsdorf, Kathrin; Nagler, Markus; Watzinger, Martin - 2020
Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304309
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A class of behavioral models for the profit-maximizing firm
Choné, Philippe; Linnemer, Laurent - 2022
We study the behavior of a firm that consistently maximizes a misspecified profit function. We provide an equilibrium concept where the misspecification error remains undetected. We examine the uniqueness and stability of the equilibria. The model of the price-taking firm belongs to this class....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013186353
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Mind the knowledge gap! : the origins of declining business dynamism in a macro agent-based model
Delli Gatti, Domenico; Terranova, Roberta; Turco, Enrico - 2023
In this paper we replicate most of the stylized facts characterizing the decline in business dynamism in the USA highlighted by Akcigit and Ates (2021) and provide an explanation of their emergence by means of a macroeconomic agent-based model populated by two types of firms: innovators who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383652
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Labor market sorting in Germany : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, April 2016
Lochner, Benjamin; Schulz, Bastian - 2016
This paper analyzes the allocation of workers to jobs and the wage distribution in Germany. Our main contribution is to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524613
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The hardships of long distance relationships : time zone proximity and knowledge transmission within multinational firms
Bahar, Dany - 2018
Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary's economic activity, emerging from dynamics related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864328
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Product versus process : innovation strategies of multi-product firms
Flach, Lisandra; Irlacher, Michael - 2015
We investigate the effect of better access to foreign markets on innovation strategies of multi-product firms in … between the returns to innovation. In differentiated industries, cannibalization is lower and firms invest more in product … innovation. In homogeneous industries, firms internalize intra-firm spillovers and invest more in process innovation. We test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283837
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Division of labor and the organization of knowledge in production : a laboratory experiment
Klockmann, Victor; Schenk, Alicia von; Siemens, … - 2021
Following Garicano (2000), we consider groups whose members decide what knowledge to acquire and how to use this knowledge in production. If efficient production requires common knowledge, all group members should become workers and acquire common knowledge. But if efficient production requires...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012415623
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Key success drivers in public research grants : funding the seeds of radical innovation in academia?
Banal-Estañol, Albert; Macho-Stadler, Inés; … - 2016
innovation, we characterize such "radical teams" as those formed by eclectic and non-usual collaborators, and those that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451136
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Does innovation cause exports? : evidence from exogenous innovation impulses and obstacles
Lachenmaier, Stefan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … exogenous to firms export performance. We find that innovation attributable to this variation leads to an increase of roughly 7 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402447