We investigate how competition in product niches affects the ultimate timing of product release for experience goods … sales based on the variation in the level of competition in these particular niches over time. We show that release date of … motion pictures are more likely rescheduled when there is more competition during the initially proposed release week. Next …

We investigate how competition in product niches affects the ultimate timing of product release for experience goods … sales based on the variation in the level of competition in these particular niches over time. We show that release date of … motion pictures are more likely rescheduled when there is more competition during the initially proposed release week. Next …

competition within the game’s product niche. We identify game niches by genre, age-appropriateness, a four week window cohort … during periods of fierce intra-niche competition. We show that games are more likely to be released so as to avoid weeks when …

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In … of market power by incumbents – and derive several recommendations to secure effective competition in the industry. …

comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … econometric analysis of firm performance in Germany. Based on a unique panel data set with detailed information on almost 400 … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …

monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …

This paper investigates how competition and firm size affect the relationship between market uncertainty and R …