Technological competition, uncertainty, and oligopoly

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(89)90034-3zbMath0684.90006MaRDI QIDQ1825735

Xavier Vives

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(89)90034-3

zbMATH Keywords

oligopoly; technological choice; flexibility value; strategic commitment value; two-stage competition framework

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B38: Production theory, theory of the firm

91B24: Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets)

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