The effort of two or more parties to secure the business of a third party by offering, usually under fair or equitable rules of business practice, the most favorable terms.
    

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James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.

Sperm swimming towards an egg

Two rival physicians ride in carriages around high-class London residences in competition for wealthy patients. Coloured lithograph, 18--.

Rivalry between newspapers; caricatured by two men squirting printing ink at one another from either end of a table. Lithograph.

An American and an English doctor discussing Viennese doctors. Wood engraving.

Competitiveness : forging ahead.

The future of biotechnologies in Europe : from research & development to industrial competitiveness : conference proceedings.

Bridging the innovation gap : some international perspectives on the universal challenge of managing technology in competitive markets / written by John Cheese, Anthony C. Warren, Robert Whelan.

Innovation potential : results and analysis of the 2002 innovation survey / CBI.

Critical technologies update 1994 / Council on Competitiveness.

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Competitiveness : forging ahead.

The future of biotechnologies in Europe : from research & development to industrial competitiveness : conference proceedings.

Bridging the innovation gap : some international perspectives on the universal challenge of managing technology in competitive markets / written by John Cheese, Anthony C. Warren, Robert Whelan.

Innovation potential : results and analysis of the 2002 innovation survey / CBI.

Critical technologies update 1994 / Council on Competitiveness.