pt. 1. Industrial policy in a global perspective -- pt. 2. Competition and regulatory issues -- pt. 3. Research …, technology and innovation -- pt. 4. Territory, industrial development and small firms -- pt. 5. The use of game theory in …

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements -- Part I: What and why -- 1. Theory-driven, practice-driven, and "sweet spot … contributions to theory and practice. Throughout the book, the authors argue that there is a 'sweet spot' where both scholarly and …

-firm and inter-institutional collaboration: the theory of transaction costs and contracts, evolutionary theory, and the …

and competition policy issues arising from trade liberalization …pt. 1. Trade liberalization -- pt. 2. Competition -- pt. 3. The World Trade Organization …

comprehensive economic theory encompassing industry, the public sector and financial markets …

of increasing competition in the provision of them. Competition in the Provision of Local Public Goods uses two … and uni-functionality of jurisdictions. The book analyses the effect of these two aspects on competition among … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …

regulation in Portugal / João Castro and Agostinho Franco -- 4. Competition through downstream access in the UK postal sector … of postal services / Philippe De Donder ... [et al.] -- 11. Postal price elasticities and intermedia competition : a …