In a business environment defined by overproduction, ever increasing competitive pressures, fast technological dynamics, there remain few reliable instruments to be used by managers in order to develop and maintain competitive advantages. Traditionally, manufacturing cost reduction represents...

The purpose of this study is to analyze whether a manufacturer's product innovation in response to environmental standards produces a competitive advantage, as the Porter hypothesis suggests. If a product with environmentally friendly attributes that are innovated in response to environmental...

This paper considers dynamic efficiency and income distribution using an overlapping generation model of economic growth. The issues discussed within this framework intend to shed light on an ongoing debate in most developed countries: the reform in funding the retirement pension schemes....