We examine a deregulation of German pharmacists to assess its effects on retail and labor markets. From 2004 onward, the reform allowed pharmacists to expand their single-store firms and to open or acquire up to three affiliated stores. This partial deregulation of multi-store prohibition...

“Barriers to entry” form a key construct in strategy scholarship and pedagogy. However, limited empirical evidence exists for many putative barriers. For example, although considerable evidence suggests that managers perceive the existence of significant distribution-related barriers to...

In this research we study how existing market coverage affects the outcome of the Internet channel entry game between an existing retailer and a new entrant. A market is not covered when some consumers with low reservation prices are priced out by existing retailers and do not purchase. In a...

In recent years, platforms have been increasingly adopting a hybrid mode. A platform serves as a reseller as well as a marketplace, leading to direct competition with third-party sellers. A new trend of logistics sharing has recently emerged in platform retailing: a platform (e.g., Amazon.com)...