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Is Google the next Microsoft? Competition, Welfare and Regulation in Internet Search

Pollock, Rufus - 2008

Internet search (or perhaps more accurately `web-search') has grown exponentially over the last decade at an even more rapid rate than the Internet itself. Starting from nothing in the 1990s, today search is a multi-billion dollar business. Search engine providers such as Google and Yahoo! have...

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Regulatory Approaches to NGNs: An International Comparison

Marcus, J. Scott; Elixmann, Dieter - 2008

The emergence of Next Generation Networks (NGNs) raises profound challenges for regulators everywhere. Different regulatory authorities have approached these problems in strikingly different ways, depending in part on the overall regulatory milieu in which they operate, and in part on the nature...

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Is Google the next Microsoft? Competition, Welfare and Regulation in Internet Search

Pollock, Rufus - 2008

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Coordination Failures, Cluster Theory and Entrepreneurship: A Critical View

Glavan, Bogdan - 2007

Development policy has been energized in the last decades by a number of contributions emphasizing a new positive role the state can and should play in fostering economic growth. The central pillar of this literature is Michael Porter and his theory of clusters. This paper intends to provide a...

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Managing factoring in banking groups

Schwizer, Paola; Mattarocci, Gianluca - 2006

On the market for factoring services independent suppliers coexhist with companies affiliated with banking groups. The last ones can be oriented in their decision processes by the policies of their parent company, usually a bank. They could also benefit from synergies among the different units...

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A Non-parametric Analysis of the Italian Banking System's Efficiency

Destefanis, Sergio - 2001

This paper analyses through non-parametric methods the technical efficiency of a cross-section of 728 Italian banks … computing technical efficiency. The main results point to a slack structure heavily weighted toward capital inputs, showing that … technical efficiency of southern Italian credit cooperatives. …

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Intended and Unintended Consequences of the Proposed Volcker Rule

Skold, Alida S. - 2011

efficiency from increased bid ask price spreads, the proposed rule will transfer risk to less regulated financial institutions as …

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Market Concentration in banking sector of Serbia: decomposition of the Changes in 2016–2021

Bukvić, Rajko - 2023

On the basis of five balance variables in bank balances (total assets, deposits, capital, operating income, and loans), the Hirschman–Herfindahl indices for period 2016–2021 are calculated. The indices values are decomposed by the Bajo and Salas approach, based on the fact that the...

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An empirical investigation of the effects of concentration on profitability among US banks

Fiona, Tregenna - 2006

This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank-level panel data. A new index of concentration is proposed, which reflects the depth and intensity of concentration. The econometric specification facilitates the simultaneous...

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Estructura de Mercado, Condiciones de Entrada y Número Óptimo de Bancos en el Sistema Bancario Boliviano: Una Aproximación de Indicadores de Concentración y Movilidad Intra-industrial

Gonzales-Martínez, Rolando - 2008

This paper calculates indicators of market structure: concentration ratio, Herfindahl index, Herfindahl-Hirschman index, inverse of the Herfindahl index and the stability indicator. These indicators are used: (1) to measure indirectly the competitiveness of the bank market, (2) to define...

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