into account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on … and are more likely to display the inverted U relationship between competition and innovation. …

The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique … as surviving firms, prove to be the major source of TFP gains. Market competition from new entrants, foreign-owned firms …, and international trade also raise firm efficiency in the industry. Results strongly confirm that market competition …

market economies. The primary focus of the study is on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending … interpretation of the evidence on competition is that there is an initial move by firms into niches to exploit local market power … sources of finance. The scale of restructuring and innovation activity is as high or higher in transition economies as in …

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and the East - China and Eastern Europe - in … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall …

development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …

Gary Becker's theory of discrimination argues that increasing competition will reduce discrimination in the labor … increase in foreign competition due to unilateral trade liberalization disproportionately drove discriminating plants out of …

We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a …-strategic uncertainty and for beliefs on others' competitiveness and ability. Social image matters, as evidenced by the fact that seniors …

men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …