We investigate the timing and the valuation of strategic investment aimed at enhancing entry opportunities in related … market segments. As demand is uncertain, entry options should be exercised at the optimal time, trading off the market share … gain against the option to wait until more information is revealed, while anticipating competitors' entry behaviour. When …

We are interested in evaluating the impact of restrictive planning regulation on entry into the UK grocery retail …

The aim of this paper is to analyse empirically entry decisions by generic firms into markets with tough regulation … patents and pricing across drug markets in Spain are useful to identify the impact of regulations on generic entry. Estimates … entry in markets with price regulations are similar to less regulated markets: generic firms entries are positively affected …

entry into markets, there is little empirical evidence that incumbent firms effectively behave in this way. Bagwell and …

The aim of this paper is to analyse empirically entry decisions by generic firms into markets with tough regulation … patents and pricing across drug markets in Spain are useful to identify the impact of regulations on generic entry. Estimates … entry in markets with price regulations are similar to less regulated markets: generic firms entries are positively affected …

that entry and exit rates are positively correlated across industries. Our objective is to investigate the effect of sunk … costs and, in particular, market size on entry and exit rates. We analyse a stochastic dynamic model of a monopolistically … show existence and uniqueness of a stationary equilibrium with simultaneous entry and exit: efficient firms survive while …

, this being particularly relevant to de novo entrants as compared to entry by established firms. Current size is also found … differences, past growth matters for survival suggesting a partial adjustment process for firm size in the post entry period …. Finally, new plants are more likely to live longer if they enter growing industries or industries with little entry activity. …