competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed projects and a decrease in the amount of duplication of …

market economies. The primary focus of the study is on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending … interpretation of the evidence on competition is that there is an initial move by firms into niches to exploit local market power …

This paper reviews the current empirical literature on competition and market structure of Philippine industries. It … shows that weak competition is one of the fundamental factors that explain limited growth, productivity, and employment in …, while necessary, are not sufficient to foster effective competition. The success of these reforms depends on the creation of …

competition also the influence of spillovers on R&D-cooperation increases. However, competition seems to induce firms to search … spillover effects may even hinder firms from cooperating in R&D when there is intensive competition on the research stage. …

-statistics suggest that banks in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE operate under perfect competition; banks in Bahrain and Qatar operate … under conditions of monopolistic competition; and we are unable to reject monopolistic competition for the banking market in …

duplication of research. An increase in the intensity of competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed …

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

, the leader's R&D effort increases with the gap as she is trying to avoid competition in the future. When firms gain … causes an equilibrium where the incentives to innovate are highest when competition is most intense. …

as suggested in consumer research. On this basis, we investigate monopoly and competition between firms, described via an …