This paper uses firm level data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in its Business Longitudinal Survey to …

Sports and war metaphors abound in business today. For example, one management book, Thunder in the Sky, by Thomas … business world as tantamount to victory in battle.” The book advises American executives to do the same. However, such … metaphors are misleading. The objective in both sports and war is to beat the competitor. Business, on the other hand, aims to …

We analyze the role of state-ownership in the banking sector from the perspective of competition. Considering both the … charge and/or offer relatively customer friendly interest rates? And (iii) is competition intensified by the conduct and …

applications were perceived as an important force to modify competition in bank markets. …

competition, using a mixture of theoretical arguments and empirical evidence. We discuss two hypothesis and survey empirical … the intensity of competition in B2C eCommerce. …

This paper shows that altruism may be beneficial in bargaining when there is competition for bargaining partners. In a …