We investigate the impact of product market competition on firms’ automation investments. We use a rich combination of … competition in export markets tend to reduce investments in automation technologies. These average negative effects are driven by … micro-data on Portuguese exporters and exploit a novel source of variation in the degree of competition they face – a tariff …

case study of a leading user organisation in the market for industrial automation technology, but also a descriptive … cooperation and competition. More precisely, I explain how there can be a dual relationship between value creation and value … characteristics in selected, but leading, user organisations. The results are as follows: the market for industrial automation …

Modern advances give us the ability to re-engineer the taxation system to benefit from computerized automation and the …

-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better … to exploit potential buyers. Virtual Competition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still … explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being …