Market Entry in the Presence of Network Effects: A Real Options Perspective

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1535-1557

  Chintakananda, Asda ^a   McIntyre, David P ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

market entry; network effects; real options; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907080876     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311429861     Document Type: Article

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