We study the relationship between market structure and innovation in the global automobile industry for the 1982-2004 period. We use the dynamic industry framework of Ericson and Pakes [1995] and estimate the parameters of the model using a two-step procedure proposed by Bajari et al. [2007]. Since the industry has seen a lot of consolidation since 1982, mergers are an important ingredient of o...

The energy consumption of Korea’s manufacturing sector has sharply increased over the past 20 years. This paper decomposes the factors influencing energy consumption in this sector using the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method and analyzes the specific characteristics of energy consumption from 1991 to 2011. The analysis reveals that the activity effect played a major role in increasin...

The telecommunications industry in Israel has changed significantly in recent years. This paper examines key issues that will arise in Israel as a result of these major changes and argues that the major changes in the telecommunications industry require significant changes in the regulatory structure. The paper first provides background material on the current structure in the various segments ...

According to the research status of regional agriculture industry structure adjustment information system and the current development of information technology, this paper takes web-based regional agriculture industry structure optimization tool as research target. This paper introduces Ajax technology and related application frameworks to build an auxiliary toolkit of decision support system f...

This paper analyses the Chinese sports industry’s market scale, market concentration rate, product differentiation and barriers to entry and the conclusion shows that the organization of Chinese sports industry is still in the early’ stage of development, and most of sports enterprises are regional characteristics, small non-economic and industrial scale. The paper also regards that the Chinese...

Vertical IS standards prescribe data structures and definitions, document formats, and business processes for particular industries, in contrast to generic IT standards, which concern IT characteristics applicable to many industries. This paper explores the potential industry structure effects of vertical IS standards through a case study of the United States home mortgage industry. We review t...

The paper argues that an economy’s industry/technology structure is endogenously determined by the economy’s endowment structure. For the convergence to occur, the government of an LDC should target the upgrading of endowment structure instead of the industry/technology structure in its development strategy. If the government chooses to pursue an industry/technology structure, which is inconsis...

Based on empirical evidence from Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Circum-Bohai-Sea region, this study applies the Input-Output (I-O) model and ArcGIS to analyze the interdependence and its dynamic evolution of the shipbuilding industry. In order to study the change cause of shipbuilding industrial structure, we decompose the I-O model to obtain the influential factors including domest...

This study investigates the cross-industry determinants of capital structure. Sample consists of firms from three main industries (textile, cement and power industry) of Pakistan. Five year data from 2005 to 2009 is collected for 199 firms out of which 149 firms from textile industry, 23 from cement industry and 27 from power industry. Leverage is taken as a dependent variable and Profitability...