Research summary: Strategic alliances are undertaken to create value through
complementarities of resources and capabilities of the partner firms. This paper uses a …

How far should an industry be allowed to consolidate when competition and innovation are
endogenous? We develop a stochastically alternating-move game of dynamic oligopoly and …

Chief executive officer (CEO) narcissism is an ingrained personality trait referring to the
degree to which an individual CEO has an inflated level of self-admiration and seeks to gain …

Where do firms innovate? Mapping their locations and directions in technological space is
challenging due to its high dimensionality. We propose a new method to characterize firms' …

How far should an industry be allowed to consolidate when competition and innovation are
endogenous? We extend Rust's (1987) framework to incorporate a stochastically alternating …

In diesem Beitrag wird die Entwicklung der Unternehmensgründungen und-schließungen in
der Wissenswirtschaft in Deutschland für den Zeitraum 2003-2014 dargestellt. In einem …

This dissertation focuses mainly on drivers of merger partner choice and effects on post-
merger outcomes. In the first chapter, we examine the role of technology and product market …

We propose an empirical framework for studying the prevalence of business creation and
business stealing in technology transfers from the effect of technological overlap and …

We do not live in a world of bolts and widgets any more. While the traditional sectors of
manufacturing and services still represent a large share of the economy, their contribution …

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