Market Evolution

1. The Study of Competition and Cooperation.- I. Fundamental Issues: The Theory of the Firm.- 2. On the Nature of the Firm.- 3. The Maximization Assumption, Profit Maximization and Not-for-Profit Hospitals.- II. Within-Market Competition: Research and Development, Product Differentiation, Strategic Partnering and Information Sharing.- 4. Should Cooperative R&D Be Subsidized?: An Empirical Analysis.- 5. Firm Size and Efficiency in R&D Spending.- 6. Commitment by Delegation: What is “Strategic” about Strategic Alliances?.- 7. The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Revisited: Cournot versus Bertrand.- 8. Credit Market Structure and Information-Sharing Mechanisms.- III. Across-Market Competition: Spillovers Across Country, Factor and Product Markets.- 9. Product Differentiation, Market Structure and Exchange Rate Passthrough.- 10. Imperfect Product Competition and the Capital-Labor Ratio of a Unionized Firm: Some Theory and Evidence from Belgian Manufacturing Firms.- 11. Buyer-Supplier Bargaining and Intra-Industry Competition.- 12. Capacity as a Commitment Instrument in Multi-Market Competition.- 13. Extended Rivalry and Competitive Advantage in the New Small Firm.- IV. Competition over Time: Entry and Exit Processes.- 14. The Post-Entry Performance of New Firms.- 15. Profitability and Number of Firms: Their Dynamic Interaction in Dutch Retailing.- 16. Sunk Costs and the Dynamics of Entry in Portuguese Manufacturing.- 17. Determinants of New Firm Formation in West German Regions 1986–1989: An Empirical Analysis.- V. Policy Issues: Integration of Europe and Development of the Third World.- 18. Problems of Restructuring in Eastern Europe.- 19. Principles of Economic Policy in the Common Market.- 20. Output Tradability and the Regulation of a Multinational Firm.-Authors Index.