A General Theory of Competition: Too Eclectic or Not Eclectic Enough? Too Incremental or Not Incremental Enough? Too Neoclassical or Not Neoclassical Enough?

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The author thanks Professors Foss, Hodgson, and Savitt for their kind comments on A General Theory of Competition and replies to the questions they have concerning it.

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