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Essays on innovation, product development and strategic supply chain management. An analytical investigation of strategies for competition and collaboration

Posted on:2004-08-23Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Michigan State UniversityCandidate:Nair, AnandFull Text:PDF
GTID:1469390011975410Subject:Business Administration
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In this dissertation, four essays are presented to investigate the strategic incentives of firms to make investments in innovation and quality. Differential game models are used to examine the impact of investments in innovation on competitive advantage and on supply chain channel power.; The first essay considers a simultaneous game between two competing firms. Decisions regarding the investments in innovation are made by the two firms at the same time. The second essay extends the competitive scenario in the first essay by considering a sequential game. These games are typically representative of leader-follower or incumbent-entrant type of competitive situation and involve information asymmetry.; In the third essay a competitive situation between a supplier and a buyer is modeled. The buyer is currently locked-in by the supplier and is assumed to be dependent on the supplier for carrying out product development activities successfully. To become independent, the buyer invests in creating a substitute technology. The supplier in turn knowing such a motive on the part of the buyer, strategically manages its production. The fourth essay considers a more general competitive scenario between a supplier and a buyer. The two firms make investments under uncertainty in innovation capabilities, which would allow them to increase channel power and consequently to lock-in the other.
Keywords/Search Tags:Innovation, Essay, Investments, Firms
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