This paper models the international competition between a domestic firm and its vertically integrated foreign rival …

the opportunity for managerial slack. Consistent with the notion that competition mitigates managerial slack, we find that …, firms in competitive industries experience no significant effect. When we examine which agency problem competition mitigates …

Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this … product market competition interact with the strength of patent rights. We provide empirical evidence of innovation responding … with step-by-step innovation models predicting that product market competition enhances innovation and, more importantly …

competition affect the incentives given to scientists, and these effects interact. First, high knowledge spillovers lead firms to … soften incentives when product market competition is high, and to strengthen incentives when competition is low. Second, the … relationship between the intensity of competition and the power of incentives is U-shaped, with the exact shape depending on the …

host-country research and development effort in response to foreign competition, is one of three examining the impact of …

We examine competition amongst ridesharing platforms where firms compete by choosing both the price of rides and the … involve monopoly or competition under various multihoming regimes, depending on the density of the city, and the relative …