Strategic procurement, openness and market structure

Urbanization practices and strategic behavior: Openness

Cette communication a pour objet de montrer la cohérence entre l’architecture du SI et le positionnement stratégique de la firme. Elle est basée sur la confrontation de deux monographies présentant et mettant en perspective les pratiques d’urbanisation des applications de deux entreprises de taille moyenne et leur stratégiques. Finalement, cet article insiste sur l’ouverture de l’architecture (...

Market Sharing in Procurement∗

This paper investigates complementarities between corruption and collusion in procurement of large divisible contracts. A first price multiple object auction procedure is administered by an agent who has some legal discretion to allow for a readjustment of (all) submitted offers before the official opening. The agent may be corrupt i.e. willing to ‘sell’ his decision in exchange for a bribe. Ou...

Strategic Implications of Openness in AI Development

This paper attempts a preliminary analysis of the global desirability of different forms of openness in AI development (including openness about source code, science, data, safety techniques, capabilities, and goals). Short-term impacts of increased openness appear mostly socially beneficial in expectation. The strategic implications of medium and long-term impacts are complex. The evaluation o...

Market Structure and Price Adjustment in the Iranian Tea Market

Collusive market-sharing and corruption in procurement

This paper investigates links between corruption and collusion in procurement. A …rst-price multiple-object auction is administered by an agent who has legal discretion to allow for a readjustment of (all) submitted o¤ers before the o¢ cial opening. The agent may be corrupt, i.e. willing to “sell”his decision in exchange for a bribe. Our main result shows that the corrupt agent’s incentives to ...