Sequential investments, know-how transmission, and optimal organization

DOI10.2202/1935-1704.1748MaRDI QIDQ2867459zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tsung-Sheng Tsai, Sheng-Chiao Kung

Publication date 19 December 2013

Published in The B. E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2202/1935-1704.1748

zbMATH Keywords

sequential investmentsoptimal organizationknow-how transmission

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Economics of information (91B44)

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