This paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large …-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors … that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Using a dataset from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 …

competition has an important and non-monotonic effect on the growth of sales and of labour productivity: some degree of perceived … general business environment and a range of measures of the intensity of competition as perceived by a firm. We find that …

competition has an important and non-monotonic effect on the growth of sales and of labour productivity: some degree of perceived … general business environment and a range of measures of the intensity of competition as perceived by a firm. We find that … market power is associated with higher sales growth, but competitive pressure is also important. Similar competition effects …

competition in market economies. We find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the …This Paper examines the importance of competition in the growth and development of firms. We make use of the large …-scale natural experiment of the shift from an economic system without competition to a market economy to shed light on the factors …

foreign and domestic competition, the consequences of soft budgets, and the role of managerial incentives and managerial human …

This paper discusses ways of strengthening the competitive environment in order to help boost productivity performance … in various sectors of the Danish economy. It looks at a number of indicators of the strength of competition — including … competition legislation framework. The paper then focuses on the large public sector, which has been slow to open up to …

Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened … competition legislation and deregulated a number of sectors, including electricity, telecommunications and parts of transport …, over the past 10 to 15 years. This paper examines the current state of product market competition and proposes further …