explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …

tougher competition does indeed raise productivity and one of the main mechanisms is through improving management practices …A classic question in industrial organization is whether competition raises productivity and if so, through what … the economics of competition and management, arguing that management should be seen at least in part as a transferable …

This paper empirically investigates the advertising competition in the French broadcast television industry within a … oligopoly competition and identify the shape and magnitude of the feedback loop between TV viewers and advertisers. We also … implement a simple procedure to identify the conduct of firms on the market. We find that the nature of competition in the …

&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …

therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the effects of such externalities in a competitive labor market if workers … have private information on their productivity. We find that in any competitive equilibrium there must be Pareto …-efficient separation of workers according to their productivity. We further find that externalities facilitate equilibrium existence, where …

-dimensional spatial competition model. We develop a new methodology to analyze competition on a torus and show that there is a fundamental …, firms are likely to choose the minimal compatibility to maximize product differentiation and soften competition. This is in …

; competition ; specific investment ; suppliers ; car manufacturers ; German automotive industry …

shareholder-oriented firms in a model of imperfect competition. Stakeholder firms are more (less) valuable than shareholder firms …

, resulting in a loss of consumer welfare. We also argue that restricting the effort to increase data quality weakens competition …