Regulatory policy in telecommunications is desperately in need of mid-level theory. There is widespread consensus that regulators should try to promote competition. There is also bitter contention about what this implies for particular industry battles. For example, an industry observer declared, “Competition should be the policy. And code that enables competition should be the rule.” He then w...

Firms are embedded in networks of inter-organizational relationships which influence the behaviors and performance of firms and the flow of resources among them. The purpose of the study is to develop a conceptual framework of Cross-border industry networks with the focus on competitive and collaborative elements. First, we identify simultaneously the collaborative and competitive elements of t...

This article explores the impact of intensive competition within the pharmaceutical industry and among private providers on health care in an Indian city. In-depth interviewing and clinical observation were used over a period of 18 months. Private practitioners and chemists who provided regular services to inhabitants of a poor neighborhood in central Bhubaneswar were included. Fierce competiti...