We study how the vertical industry structure affects investment in network quality and social welfare, with a focus on the prospective deployment of high-speed broadband access networks (the so-called NGA). We model pros and cons of vertical separation, namely, procompetitive effects and loss of some efficiencies of vertical integration, and distinguish functional separation from ownership sepa...

This study investigates how ownership forms affect managerial incentives and pricing in different competitive contexts. We explore how the difference in ownership form between franchised and company-owned units influences the incentives of the managers who take the day-to-day decisions that constitute interfirm rivalry. We argue that chains with company-owned units may restrict decision-making ...

INTRODUCTION Worldwide B2B e-commerce revenues are expected to reach $2.7 trillion by the end of 2004. At the center of this dramatic growth are interorganizational information systems (IOS), which are information systems (IS) that facilitate the exchange of products, services and information between firms. Examples of IOS include EDI systems in a supply chain, B2B electronic marketplaces, and ...

the paper studies of the effect the related and unrelated diversification for products and ownership structure on capital structure for a sample of 87 firms out of 19 industry listed on the tehran stock exchange during the period 2004- 2009. for to regress of models to apply of multivariate approach include panel data and cross-sectional regressions. this study adopts panel fixed effects regres...

This paper examines how foreign ownership affects the investment decisions of subsidiary firms using a new dataset of listed-parent − listed-subsidiary pairs. We find that improvements in the investment opportunities of parent firms have a negative effect on the investment of their subsidiaries, after controlling for the investment opportunities of the subsidiary, which can be independently obs...

Timberlands in Mississippi are owned by a diverse group of landowners: industrial owners, timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs), non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners, and public landowners. The objectives of each type vary, resulting in different management of their properties. This variation influences the intensity of their management and harvest decisions, which i...

0