of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with …In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i …) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production …

separately examine the effect of each form of market competition on audit fees. We find that advertising is associated with … increases in fees, not decreases, which suggests that quality-based advertising took place, and not price-based advertising. In … as indicating an increase in competition among accounting firms. Our results suggest that there may be a much more …

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 …

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 …