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Vaporware as a means of entry deterrence

Article Abstract:

The article discusses vaporware as a signaling game equilibrium strategy in which the possibility of new product marketing is private information and a deterrent to newcomers. Vaporware's welfare effects are ambiguous but the potential to harm consumers exists.

Netherlands, Computer software industry, Software industry, Economic aspects, Vaporware

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Bundling and menus of two-part tariffs

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A comparison is presented between bundling, or different package sizes, and two-part tariffs, or different rate plans in self selection among consumer segments. Bundling is found to be more profitable in the absence of cost considerations.

Market positioning

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Measuring the business stealing, cannibalization and market expansion effects of entry in the U.S. motion picture exhibition market

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A study is conducted by analyzing the revenues of movie theaters over a five-year period to assess revenue cannibalization and market expansion in the American movie market.

Sales & consumption, Science & research, Market share, Motion Picture Theaters, Motion Picture and Video Exhibition, Research, Movie theaters, Company market share, Movie theatres, Industry sales and revenue, Cannibalization (Marketing)

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