This paper explores the empirical effects of competition on technical efficiency in the context of electricity industry …

up some segments of the industry to competition. Technological changes in generation have helped eliminate the perception …. Marketing functions have also been opened up to competition in many places. This paper includes a brief overview of the … in electricity production, (3) efficiency improvements that stem from the introduction of competition, and (4) the …

-efficiency appliances; e.g., air conditioners. Competition in power generation threatens the viability of these programs. However, it should … problem, but competition can improve the performance of incentive-based regulations (e.g., permit trades), reducing the value …

of steam-coal trade of several deviations from the simple competitive model. In addition to perfect competition, we … examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …

China, as it both challenges old statist models and presents new opportunities for content innovation. This thesis discusses … the status of independent production in China, making relevant comparisons with independent production in other countries …. Independent television production has become an important element in the reform of broadcasting in China in the past decade. The …

-planned to a market-oriented economy, China has emerged as a global power, particularly an economic power. Meanwhile, more and … Chinese companies against foreign competition in the CCGM at the corporate strategy level.Based on the theoretical framework …, extender, and contender, whereby they can fend off foreign competition and even tap into global markets. Furthermore, local …

operating in China during 1996-2008, we show that competition actually increased in the past decade when the PE indicator is …. Many empirical studies suggest that financial reform promoted bank competition in most mature and emerging economies …. However, some earlier studies that adopted conventional approaches to measure competition concluded that bank competition in …