Università della Svizzera italiana

Market partitioning, organizational identity and geography : Empirical and simulation evidence in the German electricity market after deregulation

Liu, Min ; Larsen, Erik (Dir.) ; Wezel, Filippo Carlo (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2011 ; 2011ECO003.

This dissertation develops and tests theories on identity-based resource partitioning in the context of the German electricity market after deregulation in 1998. I apply insights from the recent theoretical development on organizational identity and pay special attention to the roles of audience heterogeneity which is observed through the lens of geography. Based on both theoretical arguments...