In the economic literature on market competition, firms are often modelled as individual decision makers and the … competition. Nevertheless, there are models of team-organization such that team-firms and individual firms are behaviorally … equivalent. This provides a theoretical foundation for the unitary player assumption in Cournot competition. We show that this …

In the economic literature on market competition, firms are often modeled as single decision makers and the internal … can not generally expect that the behavior of teams is equivalent to the behavior of individuals in Cournot competition … theoretical foundation for the unitary player assumption in Cournot competition. We show that this assumption is robust in …