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Are new German postal providers successful? Empirical evidence based on unique survey data
El Masri, Toufic M. - 2013
In order to investigate firm survival and the potential for competition in the German postal market, I analyzed key … success determinants of market leader competitors. The analysis is based on eight 2011 case studies, in which I conducted in … firms to succeed and survive in the market despite the natural monopoly occurring within the postal industry. The success of …
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Competition through cooperation? The case of the German postal market
El Masri, Toufic M. - 2013
former monopolist? A closer look at the industry revealed that postal providers in Germany engage in different types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333513
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Subadditivity and contestability in the postal sector: Theory and evidence
El Masri, Toufic M. - 2011
hence demonstrated a necessity for competition in the upstream operations. The primary purpose of this paper is to summarize …
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Bork's Hoax: Antitrust and the Internet Market
Alleman, James - 2021
Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
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Team Production in Competitive Labor Markets with Adverse Selection
von Siemens, Ferdinand; Kosfeld, Michael - 2014
Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team's performance and therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the...
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A Zidane clustering theorem: Why top players tend to play in one team and how the competitive balance can be restored
Vöpel, Henning - 2013
shown that the clustering effect must be compensated by decreasing marginal revenue for sporting success in order to restore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327290
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Competition in Services and Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms:Does “Liberalization” Matter?
Forlani, Emanuele - 2012
paper, I empirically investigate whether the degree of competition in services affects the efficiency of manufacturing firms … that variations in the upstream competition, especially in network industries, affect the average productivity level in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313295
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Intangible Capital and Firm-Level Productivity – Evidence from Germany
Roth, Felix; Sen, Ali; Rammer, Christian - 2021
This paper analyses the impact of intangible capital on firm-level productivity for Germany using panel data from the … Germany - in line with other advanced economies - has undergone a structural transition into a knowledge economy in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012515057
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Incentives and coordination in vertically related energy markets
Micola, Augusto Rupérez; Banal Estañol, Albert; Bunn, … - 2006
We present an agent-based model of a multi-tier energy market including gas shippers, electricity generators and retailers. We show how reward interdependence between strategic business units within a vertically integrated firm can increase its profits in oligopolistic energy markets. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278116
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Nonlinear pricing with competition: The market for settling payments
Copeland, Adam; Garratt, Rod - 2015
The multiple payments settlement systems available in the United States differ on several dimensions. The Fedwire Funds Service, a utility that operates a U.S. large-value paymentssettlement service, offers the fastest speed of settlement. Recognizing that payments differ in the urgency with...
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