Economies of scale
A survey of the empirical literature
Privatwirtschaftliche Koordinierungsstrukturen in vertikal strukturierten Industrien
Eine Analyse der Stromwirtschaft auf Grundlage der neuen Institutionenökonomik
The effects of downstream distributor chains on upstream producer entry: a bargaining perspective
Abstract: "Ausgehend von Industrien mit hohen Fixkosten und vernachlässigbaren Grenzkosten (z.B. Film- und Fernsehindustrie, Softwareindustrie, Pharmazeutische Industrie) wird untersucht wie sich überregionale Zusammenschlüsse zwischen 'downstream...
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Abstract: "Ausgehend von Industrien mit hohen Fixkosten und vernachlässigbaren Grenzkosten (z.B. Film- und Fernsehindustrie, Softwareindustrie, Pharmazeutische Industrie) wird untersucht wie sich überregionale Zusammenschlüsse zwischen 'downstream distributors' (z.B. Kinos, Kabelbetreiber, Einzelhändler, Krankenhäuser bzw. Krankenkassen) auf die Angebotsvielfalt auswirken. Aus verhandlungstheoretischer Sicht werden dazu in diesem Beitrag die Auswirkungen von überregionalen Zusammenschlüssen zwischen lokalen 'downstream distributors' auf den Eintritt von Inputpoduzenten untersucht. Es wird gezeigt wie überregionale Zusammenschlüsse von 'distributors' deren Verhandlungsmacht gegenüber Inputproduzenten erhöhen können und damit die Anreize zum Eintritt in die Inputindustrie verringern können. Hierzu verwendet dieser Beitrag eine verallgemeinerte Nash-Verhandlungslösung, um die Preisbildung auf dem Inputmarkt zu analysieren." (Autorenreferat)
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Knowledge Compensation in the German Automobile Industry
Abstract: In studies looking at firm survival over the industry life cycle knowledge is one of the most important determinants. Different kinds of knowledge, namely post-entry experience, pre-entry experience, and knowledge acquired by innovative...
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Abstract: In studies looking at firm survival over the industry life cycle knowledge is one of the most important determinants. Different kinds of knowledge, namely post-entry experience, pre-entry experience, and knowledge acquired by innovative activity positively influence the sur-vival chances. This paper investigates how the kinds of knowledge are able to compensate each other. Therefore, a statistical survival analysis is performed for the German automobile industry (1886-1939) which applies an estimation approach that links instrumental variables with the Cox regression. The results highlight that innovative activity is able to compensate for lacking post-entry experience, supporting Schumpeterian creative destruction
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The coevolution of industries and national institutions: theory and evidence
Abstract: "A survey across space and time reveals that leading firms operating in global industries often cluster in one or a few countries. The paper argues that nations differ in how successful they are in a particular industry because...
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Abstract: "A survey across space and time reveals that leading firms operating in global industries often cluster in one or a few countries. The paper argues that nations differ in how successful they are in a particular industry because coevolutionary processes linking a particular industry and national institutions powerfully shape the path of an industry.s development. Across a wide range of contexts, scientific progress and industrial leadership reinforce each other in spirals of cumulative national advantage. A historical case study of synthetic dyes from 1857 to 1914 provides a dramatic example of how these positive feedback processes gave German organic chemistry and German dye firms a dominant position in the world. Over time, the relative strength of a nation in a particular industry and the capability of the country in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline display a strong positive correlation. Additional shorter case studies of agriculture, packaged software, and biotech
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Market structure, scale economies, and industry performance
Abstract: "We provide an extensive and general investigation of the effects on industry performance (profits and social welfare) of exogenously changing the number of firms in a Cournot framework. This amounts to an in-depth exploration of the...
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Abstract: "We provide an extensive and general investigation of the effects on industry performance (profits and social welfare) of exogenously changing the number of firms in a Cournot framework. This amounts to an in-depth exploration of the well-known trade-off between competition and production efficiency. We establish that under scale economies, welfare is maximized by a finite number of firms. Our results shed light on several theoretical issues and policy debates in industrial organization, including the relationship between the Herfindahl index and social welfare, free versus socially optimal entry, concentration and profitability, destructive competition and natural monopoly. Our analytical approach combines simplicity with generality." (author's abstract)
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Innovation, market structure, and structure of economy
a micro to macro model based on an input output approach
Die Evolution der bundesdeutschen Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik
Rückblick und Bestandsaufnahme
Product innovation and product innovation marketing
theory and microeconometric evidence
Innovation dynamics and endogenous market structure
econometric results from aggregated survey data
