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 …

I study the effect of sunk entry-costs on potential competition in a multi-market framework, where potential entrants … and earn monopoly rents in home markets, thereby weakening the effect of potential competition. In contrast, subjects who … earning net profits. The threat of entry and the effects of potential competition are strong in the latter situation, forcing …

been to enhance competition in a market traditionally characterised by statutory monopolies in an attempt to reduce costs … to end-users. This paper endeavours to see whether a pool market achieves this goal of increasing competition and …