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Spectrum reform initiatives in the US and Europe have identified a need to move away from the traditional command and control approach towards flexible and tradable licences and licence-exemption. Current regulatory initiatives are tending to focus on the flexible licensing route, and there is a...
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Fixed telephony has long been a fundamentally important market for European telecommunications operators. The … at the retail level. A rapid price decline and a decline in revenues followed. Increased retail competition consequently … on the basis of a lack of competition. …
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This paper describes the socio-economic adjustment effects exerted by globalization (taking as starting points competitive pressure, sectoral shifts, and financial market contagion) and discusses their relevance for domestic policy-making. I argue that these economic pressures and the resulting...
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This paper describes the socio-economic adjustment effects exerted by globalization (taking as starting points competitive pressure, sectoral shifts, and financial market contagion) and discusses their relevance for domestic policy-making. I argue that these economic pressures and changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651402
Understanding the degree and evolution of competition across industries is an important step towards understanding the … impact of economic reform and competition on economic growth in Vietnam during the economic transition. In this paper, we … investigate evolution of competition in Vietnam during the economic transition using the Price-Cost Margin (PCM) or Mark-up that …
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market competition. In markets with effective competition, horizontal multiple directorships turn out to be an efficient … firms have no significant influence on financial performance, irrespective of the level of competition intensity …
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Many companies have reduced greenhouse gas emissions and gone paperless, shrunk packaging and eliminated hazardous substances from their products. They also have dramatically reduced the amount of water and energy they consume and the amount of waste they produce. They have attracted highly...
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To select one of several products (or to buy nothing) is a daily decision. Its foundations vary from one person to another and are based on perceptions, preferences, and other criteria. The standard theoretical perspective conveys that people choose options with the highest net benefit. However,...
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One of the consequences of major regulatory reform of the telecommunications sector from the end of the 1970s … – particularly, privatization, liberalization and deregulation – was the establishment of a new business environment which permitted … former national telecommunications monopolies to expand internationally. From the 1990s, a number of these firms …
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citizens. Much of the deregulation of public services from the 1980s – liberalization, privatization and New Public Management … service consumption. The main findings are that the supposed benefits of public service deregulation are not evenly spread …
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