maintenance for over 100 years.Firstly, legal exceptions, allowing some margin for price competition are investigated. In the … service may even rise after abolition of RPM, if competition in service proves important in winning new customers …

thesis the optimal risk-adjustment scheme is compared to the one currently used in Germany. …

Querlieferungen vorgenommen und der Einfluß von Information, Produktion und Kapazität auf Marktstruktur und Wettbewerb analysiert. In … the influence of information, production and capacity on market structure and competition. Three game-theoretic models are … competition policy should stay attentive while allowing for a rule-of-reason. …

Schutzrechten durch KMUs dazu führt, dass der Wettbewerb im Bereich der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IuK) zunimmt …This dissertation focuses on competition within the software market. Specifically it aims to provide further … medium sized enterprises (SME) have on competition in the software industry? Normative contribution to the dynamic policy …

Verständnis dieser Dynamik, analysiert diese Dissertation die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Innovation und Wettbewerb. Die Arbeit … zu erreichen. Zweitens werden die Rückwirkungen der innovativen Tätigkeit auf Wettbewerb und auf Organisation der … wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit analysiert. Betrachtet man den Einfluss von Wettbewerb auf Innovation, zeigt eine empirische Analyse, dass …

privatization stimulated competition in fixed line telecommunications and helped increasing efficiency. Prices in fixed line …. During the last decade telecommunications regulators successfully opened the markets and helped fostering competition … competition in the German mobile telecommunications market is analyzed. The main question is whether there are still first mover …

In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … similar population of agents. In Germany and in comparable economies, three types of hospitals can be found: private for …