Incentives for Collaboration and Competition : Experimental Evidence on Innovation, Behavior and Performance

Heite, Jonas

ISBN 10: 365829230X / ISBN 13: 9783658292300

Published by Springer Gabler 2020-02, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Incentives for Collaboration and Competition : Experimental Evidence on Innovation, Behavior and Performance
• Publisher: Springer Gabler 2020-02
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 365829230X
• ISBN 13: 9783658292300
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Individuals and firms can improve their performance through collaboration and competition. However, it is still an open question how collaboration and competition schemes can be optimally designed and incentivized in order to exploit their full potential. Jonas Heite investigates this question by assessing efforts to stimulate R&D collaboration and by examining properties as well as underlying mechanisms (e.g., effort, risk, confidence and stress) of ability configurations in contests. Based on three large-scale economic studies covering laboratory, field and natural experiments, the author applies novel and sophisticated econometric methods to provide causal empirical evidence that yields important implications for policymakers, managers and researchers.

About the Author

Dr. Jonas Heite completed his dissertation under supervision of Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, the LMU Entrepreneurship Center and Harvard University.