Incentive to Innovate: Dynamic Optimization Strategy in the Case of a Symmetric Duopoly

Technological dominance and spillovers play important roles in a firm’s decision to investment in innovated products. It is intuitive to think that a firm which is technologically ahead will dominate the market for innovated products. However, the question of the spillover advantage a firm gets when they are technologically behind makes the decision to invest in new technology more complex. Therefore, in this paper, I consider the investment in new product and cost of doing research, along with capital and level of technology, to be primary factors affecting a firm’s profit. I ask, when is it a good time to invest in new product and when is it appropriate for a firm to allocate more funding for research? I find that firms tend to do more research when they have more market share and invest less when the total capital in the market increases. They tend to invest more when they are technologically ahead and do more research when they are behind. This is a dynamic game because a firm’s decision to invest depends not only on its own level of technology but also on the rival firm’s level of technology and market share. The presence of technological spillovers also adds onto the dynamics of the game since it discourages the firm, which is technologically ahead, from investing in technological advances

ความสำคัญและความพึงพอใจของการสร้างแรงบันดาลใจในการทำงานที่มีอิทธิพลต่อความพึงพอใจในโดยรวม : กรณีศึกษาพนักงานโรงแรมในเมืองทิมพู

Thesis (M.B.A., (Hospitality and Tourism Management (International Program))--Prince of Songkla University, 201

Tibet

This book is not an autobiography of Thubten Norbu, for that has already been written (Tibet Is My Country, Dutton, 1961)352 p.; ill.: 24 c

Tibet

This book is not an autobiography of Thubten Norbu, for that has already been written (Tibet Is My Country, Dutton, 1961)352 p.; ill.: 24 c

Tibet

This book is not an autobiography of Thubten Norbu, for that has already been written (Tibet Is My Country, Dutton, 1961)352 p.; ill.: 24 c

Monographs on Medicinal Plants of Bhutan

[Extract] Bhutanese Traditional Medicine (gso-ba-rig-pa) occupies a significant place for its role both for the healthcare as well as its cultural importance. Therefore, it is important to continuously preserve, improve, validate and promote it through marriage of scientific technologies with ancient knowledge and wisdom. In this line, the Institute of Traditional Medicine Services (ITMS) has come up with a number of research and development initiatives, one of which is the development of Monograph on Medicinal Plants of Bhutan. The first volume of Monograph which was developed in 2006 has significantly served in improving the quality of Bhutanese traditional medicines as well as generated income through its sale. The Monograph also disseminated information on Bhutanese medicinal plants both within and outside Bhutan

Predation by leopards of Black-necked Cranes Grus nigricollis in Bhutan

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Monographs on Medicinal Plants of Bhutan

[Extract] Bhutanese Traditional Medicine (gso-ba-rig-pa) occupies a significant place for its role both for the healthcare as well as its cultural importance. Therefore, it is important to continuously preserve, improve, validate and promote it through marriage of scientific technologies with ancient knowledge and wisdom. In this line, the Institute of Traditional Medicine Services (ITMS) has come up with a number of research and development initiatives, one of which is the development of Monograph on Medicinal Plants of Bhutan. The first volume of Monograph which was developed in 2006 has significantly served in improving the quality of Bhutanese traditional medicines as well as generated income through its sale. The Monograph also disseminated information on Bhutanese medicinal plants both within and outside Bhutan

A Preliminary Distribution of the Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis (Lacepede, 1800) in Bhutan

The distribution of the Vulnerable Bengal loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) in Bhutan is poorly known, mainly because of its nocturnal and arboreal habits. IUCN has omitted Bhutan as a Bengal loris range country despite its reported occurrence in the country by a few studies. To comprehensively document sightings of this species in Bhutan, we interviewed 400 local people and 47 forestry staff in four southern districts (Sarpang, Zhemgang, Pemagatshel, and Samdrupjongkhar) from 8 January to 31 March 2016. Twenty-two sightings were reported across 4.5% (n = 18) of local people and 8.5% (n = 4) of forestry staff. Georeferenced records of sightings were supplemented by official rescue records, to produce the first ever distribution map of the Bengal loris in Bhutan. All loris sightings were close to the Indo-Bhutan border adjoining the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, necessitating transboundary collaboration towards conserving the Bengal loris. Future intensive research is needed to generate comprehensive information on the abundance, distribution, and ecology of the species in Bhutan, in conjunction with conservation awareness programs for local people. We further recommend that IUCN recognizes Bhutan as a Bengal loris range country, to accurately depict the geographical extent of its global distributio