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Improper Competitive Advantage

In: Business Ethics and Environmental Fraud

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  • Mauro Fracarolli Nunes

    (EDC Paris Business School)

  • Camila Lee Park

    (EDC Paris Business School)

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This chapter develops the concept of improper competitive advantage, approaching the role of unethical business practices in the search for abnormal performance. In that direction, a broad debate on the nature of competitive markets is presented, with the characteristics and mechanics of its most common forms (e.g. perfect competition, monopoly, duopoly, and oligopoly) being addressed. Competitive advantage is discussed in greater detail, as well as the main theoretical foundations supporting it. Building on the debate on Business Ethics (Chap. 1 ) and Environmental Fraud (Chap. 2 ), the notion of improper competitive advantage is proposed, encompassing corporate misconducts and subterfuges used by companies in their search to outperform competitors. A contrast between honest and dishonest competition is then built, positioning environmental fraud as a particularly harmful practice.

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  • Mauro Fracarolli Nunes & Camila Lee Park, 2021. "Improper Competitive Advantage," Springer Books, in: Business Ethics and Environmental Fraud, chapter 3, pages 67-86, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-73800-6_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73800-6_3
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