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Product Entry in a Fast Growing Industry: The LAN Switch Market

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  • Roberto Fontana

    (CESPRI - Bocconi University - CESPRI - Bocconi University)

  • Lionel Nesta

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

Abstract

We provide empirical evidence on market positioning by firms, in terms of market niche, distance from technological frontier and dispersion. We focus on the switch industry, a sub-market of the Local Area Network industry, in the nineties. Market positioning is a function of the type of firms (incumbents versus entrants), market size and contestability as well as firm competencies. We find that incumbents specialize in high-end segments and disperse their product in a larger spectrum of the market. Instead, entrants focus on specific market niches. Market size, market contestability and firm competencies are also important determinants of product location.

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  • Roberto Fontana & Lionel Nesta, 2006. "Product Entry in a Fast Growing Industry: The LAN Switch Market," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03417180, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:spmain:hal-03417180
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49465-2_6
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    Keywords

    Product introduction; Entry; LAN industry;
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    JEL classification:

    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L63 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Microelectronics; Computers; Communications Equipment

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