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作者：Sun, Jiong; Debo, Laurens G.; Kekre, Sunder; Xie, Jinhong
作者单位：Illinois Institute of Technology; University of Chicago; Carnegie Mellon University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida
摘要：Technology transfer to low-cost locations offers global firms an opportunity to reduce their variable costs involved in serving emerging markets. However, such moves may also make imitation by local competitors easier. As a consequence, technology transfer may create competition in the local market. We introduce component-based technology transfer for the global firm as a means to deter or accommodate the imitators' entry, recognizing that components may differ in technological complexity. By ...
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作者：Horta, Hugo; Veloso, Francisco M.; Grediaga, Rocio
作者单位：Universidade de Lisboa; Carnegie Mellon University; Universidade Catolica Portuguesa; Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana - Mexico; University Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco
摘要：The practice of having Ph.D. graduates employed by the university that trained them, commonly called academic inbreeding, has long been suspected to be damaging to scholarly practices and achievement. Despite this perception, existing work on academic inbreeding is scarce and mostly exploratory. Using data from Mexico, we find evidence that, first, academic inbreeding is associated with lower scholarly output. Second, the academically inbred faculty is relatively more centered on its own insti...
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作者：Leszczyc, Peter T. L. Popkowski; Rothkopf, Michael H.
作者单位：University of Alberta; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：Research on bidding in auctions has generally relied on the assumption of self-interested bidders. This work relaxes that assumption in the context of charity auctions. Because understanding charitable motives has important implications for auction design and charities' fundraising strategies, this study investigates bidders' specific types of charitable motives and the strength of these motives. We carry out three controlled field experiments consisting of real-life auctions conducted on a lo...
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作者：Jerath, Kinshuk; Netessine, Serguei; Veeraraghavan, Senthil K.
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Companies in a variety of industries (e.g., airlines, hotels, theaters) often use last-minute sales to dispose of unsold capacity. Although this may generate incremental revenues in the short term, the long-term consequences of such a strategy are not immediately obvious: More discounted last-minute tickets may lead to more consumers anticipating the discount and delaying the purchase rather than buying at the regular ( higher) prices, hence potentially reducing revenues for the company. To mi...
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作者：Gokpinar, Bilal; Hopp, Wallace J.; Iravani, Seyed M. R.
作者单位：University of London; University College London; Northwestern University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Product architecture and organizational communication play significant roles in complex product development efforts. By using networks to characterize both product structure and communication patterns, we examine the impact of mismatches between these on new product development (NPD) performance. Specifically, we study the vehicle development process of a major auto company and use vehicle quality (warranty repairs) as our NPD performance metric. Our empirical results indicate that centrality ...
