Strategic Stake Acquisitions in Rival Firms: Common vs. Cross‐Ownership
ABSTRACT We study how a blockholder who controls a firm should acquire a minority stake in a rival: directly, creating common ownership, or indirectly through the controlled firm, creating cross‐ownership. Common ownership generates stronger internalization of competitive externalities and allows the blockholder to capture the resulting gains without ...
Vincenzo Denicolò, Fausto Panunzi
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Resilient and verifiable outsourced attribute-based non-interactive oblivious transfer protocol for tactical edge networks. [PDF]
Liu W, Fu B, Wang L.
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Asymmetric Pass‐Through and Competition
ABSTRACT We study the retail price pass‐through of four major tax changes in petroleum products using daily pricing data from gas stations on small Greek islands. We find that (i) the pass‐through of the tax hikes is five times higher than for the tax decrease, (ii) the pass‐through of the tax hikes increases with competition, while that of the tax ...
Christos Genakos +2 more
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Blockchain-based two-level trustable reputation framework for e-commerce platform using smart contracts. [PDF]
Krishnan KS +7 more
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Detecting Favoritism in Public Procurement
ABSTRACT Favoritism as a mode of corruption is a major concern in public procurement (PP) in many countries. We propose a regression discontinuity design (RDD) test arguing that the winning history of marginal winners and losers can be used to detect favoritism.
Joosua Virtanen +2 more
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Blockchain-enhanced incentive-compatible mechanisms for multi-agent reinforcement learning systems. [PDF]
Tian K.
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Theorizing Waste as a Technique of Power in Capitalistic Stakeholder Relations
Abstract Waste is an important socio‐ecological challenge of contemporary capitalism, contributing to climate change and environmental degradation. Despite its pervasiveness and its impacts on diverse stakeholders, it yet remains largely underexplored in management and organization studies.
Elise Lobbedez +2 more
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Accelerated Multisecret Sharing Scheme Using Fast Matrix Spectral Factorization. [PDF]
Çalkavur S, Solé P, Ephremidze L.
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Abstract This article examines how and to what extent violence has become a pivotal tool for conducting business in places integrated into the global value chain. It also explores the roles stakeholders play in silencing workers' resistance within these places.
Shoaib Ahmed
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Data-derived Identity Verification as a principle for the dissemination, harmonization, and artificial intelligence reuse of sensitive biomedical data. [PDF]
Cordier BA +4 more
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