Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Competition intensity"”.
-
Leniency Programmes, Competition, and Innovation
… addresses two different topics in the area of competition policy and innovation. In Chapters 2 and 3, I analyse the efficiency of both national and EU leniency programmes in detecting and destabilising cartels. I use industry-level panel data to track the changes in competition intensity as …
-
Plant Height Dynamics and Competition: From Local Interactions to Global Patterns
Competition is widely recognized as a major force influencing plant community structure, with functional traits predicted to mediate competitive interactions between species. Despite theoretical predictions that taller plant species should exert stronger competitive effects on neighbours, plant …
-
Consumer evaluations of brand extensions in emerging economies : evidences from China
… between the parent brand and the extension, the competition intensity of the extension product market were important in determining the success of the extension. Further, consumer differed in evaluating durable extensions and non-durable extensions. The thesis detailed the two studies above, and …
-
Impact of environmental conditions on cost management information systems in Egyptian organisations.
… sector in the national economy. Environment competition and unpredictability have affected the organisations and increased the requirement for them to work more effectively and creatively. Johnson and Kaplan (1987), Johnson (1992), Bromwich and Bhimani (1989), Ezzamel (1994), Dent (1990) and …
-
Understory Composition, Seedling Growth, and Snag Frequency Across a Water-Limited Forest Landscape
Global change is expected to increase drought intensity and make precipitation more uncertain. These changes can affect forest plant communities directly by altering demographic rates, and indirectly through interspecific interactions. Impacts can vary among forest strata. Here, I asked how …
-
Nitrogen Dynamics of the Acacia Senegal Agroforestry System in the Sudan
… period to 13 weeks resulted in less red nodules. Competition intensity correlated negatively with individual plant biomass and nodule numbers. Site potential expressed as total biomass was realized irrespective of plant number. Seed, leaves and twigs contained the highest nitrogen concentration. …
-
Quantifying and Simulating Fine-Scale Spatial Patterns in Plant Populations
… of neighbors. This provides a useful metric of competition intensity experienced by individuals within a population. Finally, this dissertation presents a proof-of-concept agent-based model that extends previous models by allowing individual plants to respond to local conditions by dynamically …
-
Assimilation of social media marketing in Saudi large companies : antecedents and consequences
… levels), thus reflecting the variety and intensity with which an organisation is engaged in social media marketing. Subsequently, a cross-sectional survey design was presented as the second quantitative phase of this study to test the research framework and its hypotheses. The online …
-
Strategizing in Response to Environmental Uncertainty in the Hospitality Industry: A Data-Analytical Approach
… At the local level where firms face localized competition, differentiation enhances unit performance. Conversely, in city-level environments where direct competition diminishes, it yields negative outcomes. Moreover, competition intensity, as reflected by the number of competitors and the …
-
Three essays on product design for the environment
… and/or patent term extension, as well as the competition from a generic company. One the one hand, the patent term extension can encourage the innovative company to invest in green pharmacy, and the regulator can induce green pharmacy with short extended term when market competition is …