Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the outcome of European Union (EU) deregulation and competition policies on the competitive conditions of the main EU banking markets. Design/methodology/approach – After a review of deregulation and competitition policies in the EU banking...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to prove that the abandonment of the issues of competition in the multilateral framework is not an ultimate verdict that strictly separates the two public policies: trade and competition policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper critically examines...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to retrace some of the key factors leading to the enactment of competition law in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the prevailing debates for such laws to be enacted in Hong Kong (HK). The regulatory journeys of one country under two different...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the long‐term impact of the recent financial crisis on European Union (EU) competition policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper, first, discusses the implications for competition from the measures adopted by national governments to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of cross‐border diffusion of technology as a contributor to national economic performance at both aggregate and sectoral levels. Specifically, it aims to explore: the relationship between inflows of foreign technology and home...

Purpose – This article seeks to study the implementation of an intellectual capital model in a network of cities. Design/methodology/approach – This article provides a case study consisting of 25 key development institutions from six different border cities in Spain and Portugal. Findings...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of largest corporations' position in the world's economy and the influence of basic knowledge elements on building the competitive potential of the global business leading corporations. The main objective of this research is to analyze the...

Purpose – The paper seeks to analyze in depth the organizational requirements for the exploitation of human resource management towards increased organizational performance, and to provide a conceptual framework for the analysis of human resource management in learning organizations....

Purpose – Despite increase in industry use of dispersed teams, understanding has lagged on how to manage knowledge effectively and efficiently in a dispersed structure. The main purpose of this paper is to map this domain by reviewing two streams of literatures ‐ the knowledge‐based view...

Purpose – This study seeks to initiate an attempt to examine empirically the relationship between a firm's industrial cluster involvement, trust, and knowledge obtaining. Design/methodology/approach – A field survey research method was used and data were collected from four international...