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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Unfair competition

Unfair competition

  • Distorted competition

Broader

Restrictive business practices
Presentable

Narrower

Unfair competition from convict-made goods
Presentable
Overuse of industrial subsidies
Presentable
Misleading advertising
Presentable
Commercialization of universities
Presentable
Business bribery
Presentable
Import competition from low-wage countries
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Corporate crime
Excellent
Sabotage
Presentable
Monopoly power due to advertising
Presentable
Obligation to accept uncompetitive prices
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Unbridled economic competition
Excellent
Espionage
Excellent
Corporate smear campaigns
Unpresentable

Related

False qualifications
Presentable

Strategy

Evaluating effects of world trade agreements on competition
Presentable
Ensuring fair competition
Yet to rate
Engaging in unfair trade
Yet to rate

Value

Unfairness
Yet to rate
Distortion
Yet to rate
Competition [D]
Yet to rate
Competition [C]
Yet to rate

Reference

Kitch, Edmund, et al: Selected Statutes and International Agreements on Unfair Competition, Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents
Shchetinin, V D U S: Monopolies and Developing Countries

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Conditions of trade
  • Societal problems » Distortion
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C0099
    DOCID
    11300990
    D7NID
    148347
    Editing link
    Official link
    https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/unfair-competition
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020