This paper examines the relationship between competition, innovation and productivity for the Netherlands. We use … through more innovation. Nonetheless, there exists an inverted U- curve between competition and innovation for the Netherlands … through lower innovation expenditures arises only at very high levels of competition. …

How do banks react to increased interbank competition?Recent banking theory offers conflicting predictions about the … impact of competition on bank orientation í L H WKH choice of relationship based versus transactional banking í DQG EDQN … LQGXVWU\ specialization.We empirically investigate the impact of interbank competition on bank branch orientation and …

Abstract: This paper documents large cross-country variation in the relationship between bank competition and bank … in competition will have a larger impact on banks’ fragility in countries with stricter activity restrictions, lower …

the benefits of earlier innovation and the costs of faster R&D project completion. …

.We investigate theoretically and empirically how bank organization shapes banking competition.Our theoretical model illustrates how a …

Pianists who achieve high scores in the Queen Elizabeth musical competition are rewarded by subsequent success.It is …