Article about alternative interpretations of the concept of "competition" as the adaptive behavior of market … participants. The author substantiates the thesis of the identity of market adaptation and market competition rather than rivalry. …

development model, based on SMEs, which is founded on the specialization of productions, on innovation and internationalization … competitiveness of the Italian industrial districts, if they represent a model of success or rather a weak system of production. Thus … also by the social and cultural environment. The second argument regards the competitiveness of this Italian industrial …

Innovation has become a central theme and challenge in the literature of entrepreneurship, SMEs management, and … conducive to long-term investments in new business activities. This way, the development of innovation policy in SMEs forms an … approach to entrepreneurship and innovation. In this paper we address the innovation strategies of SMEs engaged in the …

Portugal. We lean on evidence that the maintenance of low competition in these markets may have contributed to the recent poor …This study assesses the macroeconomic impacts of increasing competition in the non-tradable goods and labour markets in … number of nominal and real rigidities. We conclude that measures aimed at increasing competition in the Portuguese non …

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 …

organization, technology, infrastructures, product design). On the other hand, the capacity of innovation can be perceived by the … Portugal and other European countries, over all, during the decade of 90. An analysis for sector is made still. One verifies … Portugal, concluding that Portugal presents an enterprise structure predominantly based on small and very small companies, a …

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …

This paper is to summarize the literature on finance-innovation link and produce evidence that the development of … banking sector in Russia is to foster innovation process. Financeinnovation link is a new and scarcely covered issue …. Nevertheless it is conventional wisdom that stock market institutions are preferable for financing innovation. But researchers …

The competitiveness of enterprises depends not only on their strategies and operations but also on the macroeconomic … enterprise competitiveness development in the Czech Republic which focus mainly to the infrastructure for industrial research …, innovation, industry clusters, human resources and business development. …