Economists and politicians in Sweden stated in the early 1990s that devaluations of the country's currency had lessened the external pressure on manufacturing and led to a delay in structural change and rationalizations. The theory of transformation pressure generalizes the idea that...

The theory of transformation pressure offers a uniquely Swedish perspective on the "productivity slowdown" of the 1970s and 1980s. One example of this theory can be found in an influential argument from the early 1990s which states that devaluations of the Swedish currency lessened the external...

Professionalization is a major step in the management of family businesses because it allows the transition from empirical through professional management with the application of techniques and tools making these organizations more competitive. The present study aims to determine the factors...

This slide deck reviews the extant empirical literature on common ownership concentration on firm behavior, innovation, and product market outcomes, as presented at the FTC hearings on common ownership and competition in December 2018. It is primarily based on this literature review:...

These slides summarize the theoretical literature on horizontal common ownership concentration and its impact on competition, as presented at the FTC's hearings on common ownership and competition in December 2018. They are primarily based on this literature review:...

The question of whether and how partial common-ownership links between strategically interacting firms affect firm objectives and behavior has been the subject of theoretical inquiry for decades. Since then, the growth of intermediated asset management and consolidation in the asset-management...

In this letter we address the terms of reference of the Australian Parliament's Standing Committee on Economics and also make some additional comments. Our key points are as follows: The default model is not that firms will compete. Only if firms have the right incentives they will compete, and...

The literature on competitive effects of common ownership has grown at a fast rate in the past two years. Anticompetitive effects have been confirmed with alternative reduced-form and structural estimation methods, in different industries, geographies and jurisdictions. Multiple independent...

A modern vállalatelméletek két ágát a szerződéses és az evolúciós vállalatelméletek képviselik. A szerződéses elméletek a hetvenes évek közepétől bontakoztak ki, és napjainkra koherens és kiforrott nézetek jellemzik őket. Ezzel szemben az evolúciós vállalatelmélet...

Global Recession to Global Recovery: It is well known fact that all good things, as also bad things, come to an end and business cycles pass through good and bad economic times. Economically 2010 was a year of transition from economic recession to recovery. Economies were improving in some...