enterprises for the period 1998 through 2007 to test for complementarity between competition and industrial policy. A main … competition-friendly and therefore more growth-enhancing. …

. Competition from venture capitalists increases corporate venturing activity, the salaries of potential entrepreneurs, and total …

This paper analyses the impact of competition among downstream firms on an upstream firm's payoff and on its incentive … to vertically integrate when firms on both segments negotiate optimal contracts. We argue that tougher competition … firm is better off encouraging competition when the downstream firms have high bargaining power. We derive implications on …

competition is shown to have a stimulating effect on growth. Indeed, by reducing the amount of slack a manager can afford while … keeping his firm alive, competition, combined with the threat of liquidation acts as a disciplinary device which fosters … this growth-enhancing effect of competition. …