Sloan Working Papers: Recent submissions
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Identifying Formal and Informal Influence in Technology Adoption with Network Externalities
(Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-01-23)Firms introducing network technologies (whose benefits depend on who installs the technology) need to understand which user characteristics confer the greatest network benefits on other potential adopters. To examine ... -
Different Missions and Commitment Power in R&D Organization: Theory and Evidence on Industry-University Alliances
(Cambridge, Mass.; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007-10-20)This paper proposes a theory for why firms conduct some research activities in-house while outsourcing other projects to independent partners, and for why firms retain different degrees of control over collaborative research ... -
Decomposing the Congestion Effect and the Inference Effect of Competition: A Field Experiment
(Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007-11-18)Are firms more or less likely to enter a market if they observe that competitors have entered? This most basic question has received contradictory empirical answers. The normative recommendation to firms that make entry ...
