Are Start‐Up Acquisitions by Dominant Firms Driving Innovation or Killing Competition?
ABSTRACT This paper develops a sequential model to examine start‐up acquisitions in markets with network externalities, incorporating a pre‐entry strategic buyout option that allows the incumbent to integrate the start‐up's innovation, followed by post‐entry expenditure on coordination advertising, and defensive pricing strategies.
Adele Whelan, Kate Hynes
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Advanced website fingerprinting for detecting VPN-based censorship evasion: a transformer-based approach. [PDF]
Alazzam H, Abualganam O, Almobaideen W.
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Information Design for Early‐Stage Dose‐Finding Trials
ABSTRACT To enhance enrollment rates in early‐stage dose‐finding clinical trials, we propose an information design approach, where the clinical investigator (CI) commits to an information releasing mechanism (IRM) based on the treatment's uncertain efficacy and toxicity to encourage patients to participate in the trial.
Amin Khademi, Ningyuan Chen
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Robustness of a Large Language Model (LLM)-Based Virtual Patient for Japanese History-Taking Training Under Direct and Indirect Instructional Contamination. [PDF]
Harada Y.
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ABSTRACT This paper addresses two‐dimensional orthogonal packing within a confined space, integrating bin packing principles with facility layout concepts to address scenarios in which items must not only fit but also be arranged according to spatial priorities.
William K. Kirschenman +4 more
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Prompt injection attacks on educational large language models for higher and vocational education. [PDF]
Cai Y.
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Optimizing Household Waste Recycling Centre Network Reorganization in Hampshire
ABSTRACT Local councils across the UK are facing sustained financial pressures, and Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are being increasingly considered for closure to reduce expenditure. In 2024, Hampshire County Council, which operates the largest HWRC network in the UK, proposed closing either five or twelve existing sites.
Montree Jaidee +4 more
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Transmit-Receive Module Diagnostic of Active Phased Array Antenna Using Side-Lobe Blanking Channel. [PDF]
Park H +5 more
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ABSTRACT Under the roof of Christian churches in Central Europe, some nonprofit organizations (NPOs) grow, while others are in marked decline. Our study in this context extends a previous focus on financial indicators to NPO managers' experiences, their role clarity and job satisfaction, during phases of organizational growth and decline. Specifically,
Max Niehoff, Johannes Stark
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Starting Up Clinical Trials in Emergency Medicine: Advice and Acronyms for New Investigators. [PDF]
Southerland LT +6 more
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