Entwicklungen in der Industrie, der Bauwirtschaft, im Groß- und Einzelhandel sowie in ausgewählten Dienstleistungssektoren. Die …, Handel, Bauwirtschaft und Dienstleistungen im Detail analysiert und diskutiert. Die Foren wurden jeweils durch eine …

an essential part to bring the country on the path of economic growth, and competition within the sector is crucial to … achieve this goal. In this paper we analyze the effect of competition in public works tenders in the DRC. Using a unique and …

competition are all found to be important determinants of long-run firm values, firm turnover, and market structure. Estimates for …

Services form an increasing proportion of the inputs used in manufacturing. We explore empirically whether competition …-data for services, we calculate proxies for competition in services, and then use Input-Output matrices to link services to … manufacturing sectors. we find that there is a positive and significant relation between the extent of competition and firms …

competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been empirically tested on service …&D. Finally, as competition increases, small firms tend to seek more strategic alliances with competitors while large firms tend … capacity to handle innovation projects internally and as competition increases, so does the payoff of an edge to competitors. …

penetration, we find that potential positive spillovers are dominated by negative competition effects. This, however, masks the …