A journal’s impact and similarity with rivals is closely related to its competitive intensity. A subject area can be considered as an ecological system of journals, and can then be measured using the competitive intensity concept from plant systems. Based on Journal Citation Reports data from 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2013, we calculated the mutual citation, cosine similarity, and competitive...

the importance of obtaining market information via organization’s competitive intelligence considering the extensive changes which companies are experiencing in different areas like increased pressure of competition, emerging new technologies, privatisation in thier competitive environment is now more than ever and can highly affect organizational performance. hence this study assessed the effe...

The paper theoretically elaborates and empirically investigates the ‘‘competitive arousal” model of decision making, which argues that elements of the strategic environment (e.g., head-to-head rivalry and time pressure) can fuel competitive motivations and behavior. Study 1 measures real-time motivations of online auction bidders and finds that the ‘‘desire to win” (even when winning is costly ...

Globalization has changed the world. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how companies’ competitive situation is affected by globalization. The paper identifies the main drivers of economic globalization and categorizes the effects into size effects, location effects and pressure effects. Size relates to the magnitude of the potential competition. Location relates to the poten...