Die fortschreitende wirtschaftliche Integration und die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten für globale unternehmerische Aktivitäten erfordern Strategien zu ihrer Umsetzung. Bedarf es globaler Wettbewerbsregeln, um den globalen Wettbewerb zu schützen? Für Ulf Böge, Bundeskartellamt, sollte der Weg...

Regulatory theory assumes that national governments seek to constrain undesirable firm behavior, either through direct governmental oversight, or through oversight delegated to non-governmental organizations. We reverse that assumed relationship with the first study investigating when and how...

Regulatory processes can directly impair or enhance telecommunications innovation, according to Dr. Garcia-Murillo. Using the telecommunications sector in Argentina as a case study, and based on extensive interviews and analysis, her paper demonstrates the relationship between regulation,...

This paper analyses how an antidumping procedure in one country may lead to identical procedures targeting similar products originating from the same countries under other foreign antidumping statutes. The concept of 'echoing' protection is elaborated to describe the phenomenon of contingent...

The number of multinationals in the life-insurance sector expanded during the first era of globalization. Many of these firms gravitated to Spain, attracted by factors such as the country's small number of national companies and minimal regulatory requirements. Toward the end of the nineteenth...

We study a previously under-explored channel through which firms can exert influence over foreign governments’ policy-making—investor-state dispute settlement—and provide descriptive evidence of firms’ economic incentives. Guided by a theory on firms’ regulatory challenges, we find...

This paper looks into various means of regulating pharmaceuticals and their effects on the structure of the international pharmaceutical industry. Regulation adds complexity to the activities of a firm. This complexity is multiplied, if different countries apply different sets of regulations....

This paper analyses in a hidden characteristic set-up the design of the optimal price for a firm which is a monopolist at home but competes abroad against foreign firms. As long as diseconomies of scope are not too strong, the optimal price is identified. The price rule depends on the sign of...

This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. Decentralized control, on the...

Pakistan's Telecom market is changing dynamically. Mobile growth has challenged the very existence of fixed line incumbent operator. In order to understand the rise of MNC-Mobile-Cellular Operators this working paper attempts to highlight current regulatory issues and maps the global operations...