identification and competition. Identification increases the tendency for strong ties to develop among similar people, while … competition reduces that tendency. I argue that tie strength is a function of all three mechanisms: a baseline level of … interpersonal attraction, a positive identification effect, and a negative competition adjustment. Identification and competition …

Individuals, groups, and teams who are behind their opponents in competition tend to be more likely to lose. In …

and competition. By employing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), innovation efficiency and the role of externalities is …

We analyze how, in the absence of capital market incentives, the influence of existing competition on voluntary … the sign of the relationship between competition and the probability of voluntary disclosure throughout the industry …

environment in Russia supports competition and to draw attention to the areas where further reform efforts would pay dividends … the scope for competition. However, ongoing work needs to focus on separating competitive and monopoly market segments and … regulators. Introducing an overarching competition policy would also help bring the issue of competition to centre stage and …

Product variety is an important strategic tool that firms can use to attract customers and respond to competition. This … competition and their actual distance from rivals. Using a unique data set that contains all Best Buy and Circuit City stores in … rival store exists in its market but, in the presence of such competition, decreases when the rival store is collocated …