The Profitable Suppression of Inventions: Technology Choice and Entry Deterrence

This paper examines the relationships among electronic finance (e-finance), entry deterrence, and the potential entrant's optimal loan interest rate in a two-stage model where the sunk costs are the entry barriers. The two key findings are: (i) in the loan rate determination stage, the potential entrant's loan rate is negatively related to its involvement level in e-finance with its own strategic substitutes, to the incumbent's involvement level in e-finance in realization of a more risky state of the world, and to the degree of contestability in realization of a less risky state and (ii) in the technology choice stage, the potential entrant's involvement level in e-finance is positively related to the incumbent's own strategic complements, and to the degree of contestability in realization of a more risky state. The results suggest that a potential entrant's banking investment depends on strong strategic management practices and the realization of risky states of the world.

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Quality Competition and Entry Deterrence: When to Launch an Extra Brand

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2529992 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Stephan MMller ◽

Georg GGtz

Keyword(s):

Entry Deterrence ◽

Quality Competition

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Immigration, Endogenous Technology Choice and Welfare Analysis

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2631756 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Gonca Senel

Keyword(s):

Welfare Analysis ◽

Technology Choice ◽

Endogenous Technology

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Planning Replicable Small Flow Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Developing Nations

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1993.0196 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 28 (10) ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. Gaber ◽

M. Antill ◽

W. Kimball ◽

R. Abdel Wahab

Keyword(s):

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽

Local Development ◽

Treatment Plant ◽

Development Program ◽

The United States ◽

Appropriate Technology ◽

Funding Agency ◽

Small Scale ◽

Technology Choice

The implementation of urban village wastewater treatment plants in developing countries has historically been primarily a function of appropriate technology choice and deciding which of the many needy communities should receive the available funding and priority attention. Usually this process is driven by an outside funding agency who views the planning, design, and construction steps as relatively insignificant milestones in the overall effort required to quickly better a community's sanitary drainage problems. With the exception of very small scale type sanitation projects which have relatively simple replication steps, the development emphasis tends to be on the final treatment plant product with little or no attention specifically focused on community participation and institutionalizing national and local policies and procedures needed for future locally sponsored facilities replication. In contrast to this, the Government of Egypt (GOE) enacted a fresh approach through a Local Development Program with the United States AID program. An overview is presented of the guiding principals of the program which produced the first 24 working wastewater systems including gravity sewers, sewage pumping stations and wastewater treatment plants which were designed and constructed by local entities in Egypt. The wastewater projects cover five different treatment technologies implemented in both delta and desert regions.

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