Strategic entry before demand takes off

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1259-1271

  Shen, Qiaowei ^a   Villas Boas, J Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Industry dynamics; Strategic entry

Indexed keywords

FASTER RATES; INDUSTRY DYNAMICS; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR; STRATEGIC ENTRY;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 77955630530     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1190     Document Type: Article

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