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 …

determination of the number of producers and products over the business cycle. Economic expansions induce higher entry rates by … prospective entrants subject to irreversible investment costs. The sluggish response of the number of producers (due to sunk entry … decisions, producer entry, and the allocation of labor across sectors. The model performs at least as well as the benchmark real …

-returns-to-scale technologies. When providers adopt a not-for-profit mission, the absence of a residual claimant can impede entry, pro- tecting the … core costs can have a non-neutral effect on entry, technology adoption, and industry performance. …

entry and financial development. Incumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potential entrants … higher rents earned with less competition. Entry and investor protection improve when wealth distribution becomes less … countries we find that greater accountability is associated with higher entry in sectors that are more dependent on external …

The health care professions in Europe have been subject to substantial entry and conduct regulation. Most notably … competition through geographic entry restrictions. We develop an entry model to study the direct impact of the regulations on the … representative for many other countries with geographic entry restrictions. We find that the entry decisions of pharmacies and …

combining the time needed to comply with government entry procedures in 45 countries with industry-level data on employment … takes less time to register new businesses have seen more entry in industries that experienced expansionary global demand … country--or group of countries with similar entry regulations--will in general yield biased results. …