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Die ökonomische Analyse und die wettbewerbspolitische Beurteilung von Kooperation und Fusion werden kontrovers diskutiert. In dieser Diskussion stellt die EU Kommission mit dem „More Economic Approach“ hohe Anforderungen an eine differenzierte Wettbewerbsanalyse. Jedoch fehlen robuste ökonomische Modelle zur Analyse der Marktwirkungen vertikaler und horizontaler Kooperationskonstellationen im Vergleich zur Fusion. Am Beispiel der Konsumgüterindustrie vergleicht diese Arbeit die Marktwirkungen von Kooperations- und Fusionskonstellationen und vertritt dabei einen ökonomischen Untersuchungsansatz, der struktur- und verhaltensorientierte Kriterien abwägt. Vor dem Hintergrund der Modellergebnisse werden Entscheidungen der EU Kommission und der US Federal Trade Commission kritisch diskutiert. Dieses Buch wendet sich an Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Juristen in privaten und öffentlichen Institutionen, die sich mit der Analyse und Bewertung der Wettbewerbswirkungen von Kooperation und Fusion beschäftigen, ebenso wie an Dozenten und Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften mit den Schwerpunkten Industrieökonomik, Wettbewerbspolitik sowie Corporate Development.

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This collection of case studies describes experiences and draws lessons from varied business registration reform programs in economies in vastly different stages of development: Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, Madagascar, and Malaysia. Over the last twenty years, a number of countries have recognized the importance of smooth and efficient business start up procedures. A functioning business registration system is now viewed as an important regulatory requirement of any economy, and a predictable, transparent, and modern business registration system is acknowledged to help promote private sector growth and job generation. Business registration gives businesses formal status and formal operation in the marketplace. It is a dynamic process that impacts the life of its stakeholders, commercial counterparties, and employees by introducing new responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges.

Business Environment --- Business in Development --- Capacity Building --- Competitiveness and Competition Policy --- Corporate Law --- Corporations --- Economic Development --- Information Technology --- Innovation --- Law and Development --- Law Enforcement --- Legal Framework --- Managers --- Marketing --- Private Sector Development --- Project Management

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The report is organized as follows: the executive summary (I) pulls together all major conclusions and recommendations of the report. The following five sections then focus on key requirements of any successful regulatory reform program: (II) business regulation policy, (III) measurements and Targets, (IV) organization and procedures, (V) incentives for reform, and (VI) communication of results. Sections I-VI focuses on regulatory reform impacting directly on the private sector. The final section (VII) broadens the discussion and highlights potential benefits of further consolidating and integrating other regulatory reform efforts into a broader and coherent policy for regulatory quality and reform. Two annexes provide more details on two aspects of particular importance for the Danish regulatory reform program after 2010: measuring broader impacts of existing regulation, and regulatory advisory bodies.

Administrative & Regulatory Law --- Administrative Costs --- Advisory Services --- Business Environment --- Business Regulation --- Competitiveness and Competition Policy --- Constitutional Law --- Cost-Benefit analysis --- Data analysis --- E-Government --- Enterprise Development & Reform --- Expenditures --- International Comparisons --- Law and Development --- Marketing --- Private Sector --- Private Sector Development --- Productivity --- Public Policy --- Quality Control --- Regulators --- Regulatory Agencies

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This report on Sudan's Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) provides a baseline assessment of challenges to productivity, diversification and inclusion. Chapter 1 describes some of the questions underlying the three issues of competitiveness, diversification and broad-based growth. Chapter 2 analyzes firm performance and competitiveness. Chapter 3 discusses markets and trust. Chapter 4 describes the role of the financial sector. Chapter 5 analyses the informal sector. Chapter 6 discusses the conflict-affected private sector development. Chapter 7 discusses regional inclusion, and Chapter 8 makes some preliminary conclusions and recommendations.

Accounting --- Agriculture --- Autonomy --- Banking Sector --- Business Environment --- Climate Change --- Competitiveness and Competition Policy --- Debt --- Decentralization --- Deforestation --- Economic Development --- Economic Geography --- Economics --- Economies of Scale --- Electricity --- Employment --- Enterprise Development & Reform --- Enterprise Surveys --- Environment --- Environmental Economics & Policies --- Expenditures --- Export Development and Competitiveness --- Fair Competition --- Finance and Development --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Financial and Private Sector Development --- Financial Institutions --- Financial Sector --- Financial Services --- Fiscal Policy --- Fraud --- Free Press --- Gdp --- Global Economy --- Globalization --- Human Capital --- Industrialization --- Information Technology --- Infrastructure Services For Private Sector Development --- Innovation --- Insurance --- International Comparisons --- Labor Costs --- Labor Policies --- Legislation --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Marketing --- Migration --- Political Institutions --- Private Sector --- Private Sector Development --- Privatization --- Public Debt --- Regulation and Competition Policy --- Savings --- Skilled Workers --- Social Protections and Labor --- Telecommunications --- Total Factor Productivity --- Trade and Integration --- Trade Barriers --- Transaction Costs --- Transport --- Value Chains --- Wages

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This assessment of Zambia's investment climate highlights some of the impediments to growth and export diversification in the current business environment in the country. It is based on an analysis of enterprise survey data specifically collected for the purpose, namely, the World Bank's Zambia Enterprise Survey of 2008. The report is in two volumes. Volume I is an overview, while Volume II is the final report, whose introductory chapter sets the stage for the analysis of microeconomic aspects of business environment in the following chapters. Chapter 2 analyzes manufacturing productivity in an international perspective as a proximate determinant of manufactured exports. Chapter 3 discusses key business environment variables as underlying factors in manufacturing employment and productivity, and draws the main policy implications of the assessment. Chapter 4 is a more in-depth analysis of disparity in access to finance across firms and sectors as a major source of market distortions and allocative inefficiency. Chapter 5 discusses labor market issues with a focus on labor regulation, wage formation and on-the-job training.

Access to Finance --- Agriculture --- Business Environment --- Business Regulation --- Cartels --- Commercial Banks --- Consumer Protection --- Debt --- Deregulation --- Developed Countries --- Economies of Scale --- Electricity --- Enterprise Surveys --- Exchange Rates --- Export Competitiveness --- Exporters --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Financial and Private Sector Development --- Foreign Direct Investment --- Foreign Ownership --- Gdp --- Human Capital --- Infrastructure Services For Private Sector Development --- Innovation --- Interest Rates --- International Comparisons --- Investment Climate --- Labor Costs --- Labor Markets --- Liberalization --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Microenterprises --- Microfinance Institutions --- Private Sector --- Private Sector Development --- Privatization --- Recession --- Regulation and Competition Policy --- Savings --- Skilled Workers --- Small Businesses --- Social Protections and Labor --- Total Factor Productivity --- Trade Policy --- Wages --- World Development Indicators