Pricing response to entry and agglomeration effects

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-305

  McCann, Brian T ^a   Vroom, Govert ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Competition; Entry; Incumbent response; Pricing

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS; COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; ENTRY; INCUMBENT RESPONSE;

COMPETITION; COSTS; ECONOMICS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 77449133308     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.805     Document Type: Article

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