spurred by intensifying competition in global markets, most companies have been increasingly implementing supply chain management (scm) and information systems (is) practices. as well, globalization policies have created a more intensive competition amongst manufacturers; in additional the priority of supply over demand, market competition and importance of some factor such as quality, accounta...

In a reliable signalling system, individual quality is expected to mediate the costs associated with ornamental displays, with relatively lower costs being paid by individuals of higher quality. These relative costs should depend not only on individual quality, but also on levels of intra-sexual competition. We explored the current and delayed effects that testosterone implants have on bird orn...

An appropriate competition system should be in the function of the development of a particular sport, that is, it should ensure in the best possible and most humane way the integral sport development of individuals and teams. The purpose of this study was to analyse the different competition systems so that their nature can be objectively determined on the basis of the predicted deviation of ra...

Whether the information environment affects the cost of capital is a fundamental question in accounting and finance research. In this paper, we study the role of competition among informed investors on the pricing of information asymmetry and its implications for the pricing of information quality. Relying on theories on competition among informed investors and on the pricing of information asy...

Species with alternative reproductive strategies are characterized by discrete differences among males in suites of traits related to competition for fertilizations. Models predict sneaker males should allocate more resources to their ejaculates because they experience sperm competition more frequently and often occupy a disfavoured 'role' owing to subordinance in intramale competition and fema...

Abstract Purpose The field of management has been witnessing a change from the ‘business for business’ approach to all’ quite some time now. Even though every firm still seek their own interess while doing business, they are now do so by caring or at least pretending care about needs other individuals, firms, and society in general. This paper addresses issue how sustainable policies have overt...

We present a hospital non-price competition model to investigate two important concerns when a global budgeting system is applied to the expenditure cap policy and the expenditure target policy. Our results indicate that (1) the treadmill effect, (describing a phenomenon whereby health care providers provide more health care services with a lower reimbursed price under the expenditure cap polic...