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Recent anxieties over the digital divide have centered on the observation that uptake of the Internet is shaped by a number of identifiable, place-based factors. Yet is the Internet any more a product of material geography than previous communication technologies? Our contribution in this...
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phones. Under quite general conditions of competition, theory suggests that lower termination charges will result in higher … evidence that both competition and market saturation, but most importantly their interaction, affect the overall impact of the …
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-standards competition triggers less aggressive price competition than between-standards competition. We also find that an early monopolist …
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This paper presents a model of competition between operators on urban local bus routes in which passengers always board … predictions are consistent with observed features of the on-the-road competition on urban local bus routes. On express coach … competition in practice. …
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effects are due to increased competition for local resources. …
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stylised facts are considered: globalisation, information technology, and competition. Globalisation and information technology … may have benefited the most productive firms more and the growth of competition may at the same time have stimulated the …
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This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at the establishment level. We find convergence to the frontier is statistically and quantitatively important, suggesting the existence of technology spillovers. Foreign...
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competition is weak and/or when (b) family-owned firms pass management control down to the eldest sons (primo geniture). European … firms report lower levels of competition, while French and British firms also report substantially higher levels of primo … market competition and family firms account for about half of the long tail of badly managed firms and up to two thirds of …
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