Volume 34 2025 Issue 4 Journal of Economics & Management Strategy – Journal of Economics & Management Strategy

Narrowing the “Digital Divide”: The Role of Fixed and Mobile Infrastructure

Ryan Hawthorne, Lukasz Grzybowski
We study the substitution between fixed and mobile broadband services in South Africa using survey data on 134,000 individuals collected between 2009 and 2014.

Can Collaboration Promote Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence From the Lab

Francisco Gomez Martinez, Sander Onderstal, Maarten Pieter Schinkel
Do agreements among competitors regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) promote public-interest objectives? We address this question theoretically and experimentally in a duopoly framework in which firms choose between offering a “fair” and an “unfair” good to consumers.

Spillovers in Crowdfunding

Paul Belleflamme, Thomas Lambert, Armin Schwienbacher
We use novel entrepreneur-backer data to study the extent to which spillovers arise between projects displayed on crowdfunding platforms.

First Best Implementation With Costly Information Acquisition

Daniil Larionov, Hien Pham, Takuro Yamashita, Shuguang Zhu
We study mechanism design with flexible but costly information acquisition.

Product Returns, Customer Segmentation, and Dynamic Pricing in the Online Retail Market

Julia Otte, Konstantinos Serfes, Veikko Thiele
Online retailers can adopt generous return policies to entice customers to buy and try new products. In this article, we focus on the learning aspect of product returns and show how an online retailer can utilize returns to segment customers based on their individual valuations of a product.

Air Pollution and the Adoption of Industrial Robots in Firms

Weibing Li, Mingyang Li
We document that air pollution can explain the adoption of industrial robots in firms.

Beyond the Pipeline (Problem): Examining Racial and Ethnic Representation in 21st Century High Technology Self-employment

Rachel Marie Brooks Atkins, April Burrage
Is the racial variation in the tech labor force and tech entrepreneurship associated with differences in STEM degree attainment?

Digital Wings: The Effect of Digital Technology Adoption on Market Power

Haodan Tang, Gang Xu
This paper evaluates the causal impact of digital technology adoption (DTA) on firms' market power using data from Chinese listed manufacturing companies.

Competitive Entry in the Market for Branded Generic Drugs

Vasudha Wattal
I analyze the determinants of lead time (the time lag between the first-mover's product release and the competitor's market entry) and its consequences for product prices, competition, and consumers.

Issue 4

Volume 34 JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Winter 2025