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Lipsey, Robert E. - 2016

competitiveness of those industries, including through greater competition among domestic and foreign firms …

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Services and performance of the Indian economy : analysis and policy options

Benz, Sebastian; Khanna, Anupam; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - 2017

abroad. Reforms in the logistics sector would further improve the competitiveness of local manufacturers producing time …-sensitive goods including inputs to global value chains. Finally, competitiveness in knowledge-intensive services is obtained through …

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Like it or not? : the impact of online platforms on the productivity of incumbent service providers

Bailin Rivares, Alberto; Gál, Peter; Millot, Valentine; … - 2019

This paper uses a novel empirical approach to assess if the development of online platforms affects the productivity of service firms. We build a proxy measure of platform use across four industries (hotels, restaurants, taxis and retail trade) and ten OECD countries using internet search data...

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Intra-banking competition in Ecuador : new evidence using panel data approach

Solano, Javier; Camino Mogro, Segundo; Armijos-Bravo, Grace - In: Journal of economics, finance & administrative science 25 (2020) 50, pp. 295-319

Purpose - Banks are institutions that inject money in the economy and help to boost it when there are problems in some markets, especially in productive sectors. In this way, analysing the competition in this sector is an important tool for policymakers as non-competitive behaviour could affect...

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COMPETITIVENESS OF THE PORT OF SINES: THE RBV CONTRIBUTION

Azevedo, Susana; Ferreira, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the competitiveness of the main maritime Port sited in Portugal - Port …-based view is presented with a special highlight on the contribution of organizations owns’ resources to the competitiveness … only recently start to be preoccupied with its competitiveness. A case study methodology is used in order to collect all …

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The Competitive Threat from TechFins and BigTech in Financial Services

King, Michael R. - 2019

The Chinese TechFins Ant Financial and Tencent's WePay are harnessing technology to redefine financial services and increase financial inclusion. TechFins purport to use technology to create a world where customers have access to financial services just like tap water – you open the tap and...

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Financial Dependence, Banking Sector Competition, and Economic Growth

Claessens, Stijn; Laeven, Luc - 2005

The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a...

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The Competitive Effects of Online Reviews on Hotel Demand

Cho, Sanghoon; Pekgun, Pelin; Janakiraman, Ramkumar; … - 2023

The authors examine the effects of a firm’s and its competitors’ online reviews on its demand within the hotel industry. The authors leverage a unique dataset of actual bookings from properties of a major hotel chain in six different markets in the United States, supplemented with online...

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An Analysis of Business Model Innovation Competitiveness and its Implications for the Service Industry

Kim, Seung Min; Koh, Dae-young - 2023

through mass production. This means that developing and implementing new services that accompany technological competitiveness …

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Assessing Bank Competition for Consumer Loans

Bolt, Wilko - 2015

We assess the competitiveness of the $400 billion dollar U.S. bank consumer loan market by comparing results from …

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