This article investigates how private firms respond to potential entry from public firms. This paper uses a data set of … over 3,000 U.S. cable TV systems to present evidence consistent with entry deterrence. Incumbent cable TV firms upgrade … upgrade faster in response to municipal entry threats than to private entry threats. Understanding how private firms respond …

store loyalty in the context of entry by a Wal-Mart supercenter in the market. Results show that store-brand buying behavior … addition, these value-oriented households, which show high preference for store brands in the pre-entry period, shift a …

entrants make it easier to enter markets? We estimate the empirical relationship between market entry and patents for 27 … of entry by 3%-8%, and this relationship intensified following expansions in the patentability of software in the mid …, patents appear to substitute for complementary assets in the entry process, because patents have both greater entry …

examine this view, we construct a reduced-form model of the entrepreneur's entry decision, which we aggregate to the market … (insufficient entry), or low demand uncertainty but high performance dispersion (excess entry). …

invariant to the entry/exit of its downstream buyer firms. We classify all possible effects of downstream entry in terms of …We study the effects of entry in a downstream market where firms (e.g., Compaq and IBM; CVS and Safeway) buy an input … consumers. We show demand conditions where, contrary to conventional wisdom, entry of a new downstream firm lowers the …

's inventory: (1) the entry or exit of a competitor can change a retailer's demand (a sales effect); and (2) the entry or exit of a … market entry decisions. Our results suggest that the service-level effect is strong, nonlinear, and positive. Hence, we …

structure and price-sensitive linear deterministic demand. The entry stage is modeled as a simultaneous game, where the players … take the outcomes of the subsequent post-entry (Cournot) competition into account in making their entry decisions. We … always an equilibrium structure in pure strategies in the entry game. Finally, we examine the effects of vertical integration …

proposed to suggest why hybrid entrants are distinct from self-employment entrants, and why hybrid entry may facilitate … subsequent entry into full self-employment. We demonstrate that there are significant theoretical and empirical consequences for … this group and our understanding of self-employment entry and labor market dynamics. Using matched employee-employer data …

Entry by spinoffs from incumbent firms is investigated for the laser industry. A model in which spinoffs exploit …, business strategy, entry and industry evolution, and technological change are discussed. …