The effect of informal competition on the performance of formal firms: a systematic review of the literature

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI:10.1108/ijssp-10-2023-0243

Vasileios Vlachos

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical literature on the effects of informal competition on firm performance and provide directions for future research.

Design/methodology/approach

We search the Scopus and Web of Science databases and adopt a specific protocol to perform a systematic review of the literature. We screen 536 documents and apply three inclusion criteria for filtering.

Findings

We identify the impact of informal competition on nine types of formal firms' performance. We assess the findings according to the explanatory and response variables and the data samples of the articles reviewed. We find that five areas of focus are under-researched due to analyses of country or region-specific data, or lack of consensus because of contradicting findings.

Originality/value

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first review of the empirical literature on the effects of informal competition on the performance of formal firms.

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非正规竞争对正规公司业绩的影响：文献系统回顾

本文旨在研究非正式竞争对企业绩效影响的实证文献，并为未来研究提供方向。我们搜索了 Scopus 和 Web of Science 数据库，并采用特定协议对文献进行了系统性回顾。我们筛选了 536 篇文献，并采用三项纳入标准进行过滤。研究结果我们确定了非正式竞争对九类正规企业绩效的影响。我们根据所综述文章的解释变量、反应变量和数据样本对研究结果进行了评估。我们发现，由于对特定国家或地区的数据进行了分析，或由于研究结果相互矛盾而缺乏共识，有五个重点领域的研究不足。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.