Maintaining rapid economic growth depends increasingly on productivity gains, particularly in the service sector. Competition has an important role to play in achieving such gains. However, Korea’s development strategy has tended to weaken competition and has left a legacy of government...

Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Vorwort -- Literaturverzeichnis -- I. Kapitel. Die Technik der Gasindustrie -- II. Kapitel. Die Geschichte der Gasbeleuchtung und die Entwicklung der Gasindustrie zu einem selbständigen Industriezweige in Deutschland -- III. Kapitel. Die Gasindustrie und die...

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the factors behind the slow growth of economies with abundant oil and gas resources, despite the opportunities these resources potentially represent. Design/methodology/approach – The building blocks of standard economic growth models and the implication...

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the factors behind the slow growth of economies with abundant oil and gas resources, despite the opportunities these resources potentially represent. Design/methodology/approach – The building blocks of standard economic growth models and the implication...