Date of Award
Spring 5-15-2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Type
Dissertation
Abstract
This dissertation advances our understanding of when firms are able to get information from outside agents and the impact of that information on innovation. In chapter one, I set up a theoretical model that illuminates how vertical integration changes the incentives for producers to share information with suppliers. Both transaction costs and bargain ability play major roles in information sharing. One result from chapter one is that producers share less information with vertically integrated suppliers. The second chapter tests this prediction, finding robust evidence that once a supplier vertically integrates, it gains fewer spillovers from competitor producers. Finally, the last chapter looks at how information brought by an external CEO can change the firm’s innovation direction. The third chapter finds that external CEOs tend to shift the direction of innovation less often that internal hires.
Language
English (en)
Chair and Committee
Anne Marie Knott
Committee Members
Nicholas S. Argyres, Lamar Pierce, Michael D. Ryall, Ulya Tsolmon,
Recommended Citation
Kluppel, Leonardo Mayer, "Essays in Knowledge Transfer" (2018). Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1550.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds/1550
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Commons
Comments
Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K76W99HX