Purpose While traders of agricultural products are known to often exercise market power, this power has rarely been quantified for developing countries. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach In order to derive a measure, the authors estimate the traders’ revenue...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply the Becker‐Murphy theory of rational addiction to the case of carbonated soft drinks. The research aims to reveal the rational addiction evidence of carbonated soft drinks and derive policy implications under this evidence. Consumers' rational...

Purpose Using the sample between 2005 and 2011, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of a new fund entry on incumbents using the overlap measure in portfolio holdings. Design/methodology/approach Empirical methodology is used in this study. Findings The authors find that...

Summary The improved international tradability of services and the better protection of intellectual property rights - both of which have been results of the Uruguay Round - increase the international tradability of know-how. This paper investigates the economic impact of this. It is shown that...

Zusammenfassung Die Vielzahl neuerer Modelle zur Analyse potentieller Konkurrenz läßt sich in zwei Kategorien unterteilen, nämlich die Post-entry-Analyse und die Contestable-market-Theorie. Beide Ansätze, die fast zeitgleich gegen Ende der siebziger Jahre in Erscheinung traten, nehmen für...

Summary Does evolutionary theory help, for a theory of the firm, or, more widely, a theory of organization? In this paper I argue that it does, to some but also limited extent. Evolutionary theories of economies, and of culture, have acquired considerable following, but have also been subject to...

Abstract This article reports on the results of a case study that examines the characteristics of the transaction between a plastic producer firm and its supplier of steel injection mold in order to explore the possible effects of asset specificity on the firm�s choice of the transaction...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to revisit data from a previous study of leadership in an industrial company that was in the process of implementing a process‐oriented, team‐based form of organisation. Based on these data, it aims to explore the assumption that...

Purpose – This study aims to revisit the relative importance of industry and firm level effects on corporate social responsibility (CSR), with the objective of clarifying their diverse effects on CSR. Design/methodology/approach – The authors suggest that CSR is a shared strategic asset...