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The rise of super-centers and the entry of Wal-Mart into food retailing have dramatically altered the competitive environment in the industry. This paper explores the impact of such changes on the labor market practices of traditional food retailers. We use longitudinal data on workers and firms...
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Increasing competition from foreign manufacturers threatens the viability of textile producers in the United States …
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This paper investigates the effect of competition in a market consisting of interlinked economic agents. In particular …, the effect of increased competition from the surrounding markets is demonstrated. The presented work is an extension of … competitiveness of the least competitive market. The external competition is able to make the least competitive market perform better …
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The determinants of productivity-enhancing micro-level restructuring are examined empirically with a panel of the twelve Finnish manufacturing industries. It is hypothesized that R&D leads to productivity diversity among plants, which in turn leads to the gradual reshuffling of input shares in...
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