Vertical integration is a growth strategy whereby firm engages in multiple stages of the value chain. Although benefits vertical are well documented, few studies have examined its relevance real estate. In response to this lack research, paper explores tenant perceptions property managers’ and effectiveness. The results international study show extend residential estate, such that renters more ...

Coexistence of Strategic Vertical Separation and Integration by Jos Jansen This paper gives conditions under which vertical separation is chosen by some upstream firms, while vertical integration is chosen by others in the equilibrium of a symmetric model. A vertically separating firm trades off fixed contracting costs against the strategic benefit of writing a (two-part tariff, exclusive deale...

Joint Inversion of Production and Temperature Data Illuminates Vertical Permeability Distribution in Deep Reservoirs. (August 2012) Zhishuai Zhang, B.S., Nankai University Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Behnam Jafarpour Dr. Akhil Datta-Gupta Characterization of connectivity in compartmentalized deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) reservoirs is an outstanding challenge of the industry that can ...

The new integrated outcomes-based curriculum for dentistry was introduced at the University of Pretoria in 1997. The first participants graduated at the end of 2001. Educational principles that underpin the new innovative dental curriculum include vertical and horizontal integration, problem-oriented learning, student-centred learning, a holistic attitude to patient care and the promotion of or...

This paper provides an integrative analysis of the drivers of vertical scope, and formalizes theory on capability-driven integration, focusing on the following questions: (1) How does the distribution of individual firm capabilities along a value chain affect vertical scope? (2) How do transaction costs interact with capability distributions in vertically linked segments to determine scope at t...

During the 1990s, a record number of U.S. hospitals entered into some form of vertical combination with physicians. During the same period, many integrated hospital-physician arrangements broke up. Using data from California, we investigate whether such vertical activity affected hospital pricing. We find that neither integration nor disintegration was associated with significant changes in pri...

We investigate how various institutional settings affect a network provider's incentives to invest in infrastructure quality. Under reasonable assumptions on demand, investment incentives turn out to be smaller under vertical separation than under vertical integration, though we also provide counterexamples. The introduction of downstream competition for the market can sometimes improve incenti...

Mobility and reduction of industrial activity time is one of the major requirements raised to modern systems of automation. One of the most effective ways of achievement of this purpose is vertical integration with use of wireless technologies. The lab set – model of vertical integration for data gathering from the intellectual Profibus РА sensor, Profibus DP data transmission, controllers conf...

Vertical integration is often proposed as a way to resolve hold-up problems, ignoring the empirical fact that division managers tend to maximize divisional (not firmwide) profit when investing. This paper develops a model with asymmetric information at the bargaining stage and investment returns taking the form of cash and “empire benefits.” Owners of a vertically integrated firm then will prov...