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Productive Reorganization and Dynamic Competition in Four European Sectors

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Oligopoly and Dynamic Competition

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Recent studies on oligopolies have emphasized that competition should be viewed as a complex process in which rival companies confront one another using a wide range of strategic maneuvers so as to maximize profits and, at the same time, influence the behavior of competitors (1).

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Bianchi, P. (1992). Productive Reorganization and Dynamic Competition in Four European Sectors. In: Baldassarri, M. (eds) Oligopoly and Dynamic Competition. Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12818-1_6

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