This study examines the competition between an independent software vendor (ISV) who offers a standard fixed-price software product and a cloud software vendor (CSV) who adopts a usage-based linear pricing scheme for its cloud-based software. Using a game theoretic approach, we set up a duopoly model to derive the optimal pricing and product feature choice decisions for both the ISV and the CSV...

Abstract The theory of option games being the combination of two successful theories, namely real options and game theory, has a great potential to applications in many real situations. Although the option games literature is very recent, it has been experimenting a fast growth in the last five years. It considers in the same model, besides the key factors for investment decisions such as uncer...

We build a dynamic duopoly model that accounts for the empirical observation of monopoly persistence in the long run. More specifically, we analyze the conditions under which it is optimal for the market leader in an initially duopoly setup to undertake pre-emptive R&D investment, (“strategic predation” strategy) that eventually leads to exit of the follower firm. The follower is assumed to ben...

T paper studies the assortment planning problem with multiple merchandise categories and basket shopping consumers (i.e., consumers who desire to purchase from multiple categories). We present a duopoly model in which retailers choose prices and variety level in each category and consumers make their store choice between retail stores and a no-purchase alternative based on their utilities from ...

Much of the burgeoning distress of the 1990s in the United States retail space markets reflects a mismatch in the amount and location of retail space demand and supply. Understanding the demand and supply for retail space is critically important to academics, professionals and others associated with owning, operating and financing retail space. Using data from nineteen major metropolitan statis...

This study introduces Stackelberg-Nash equilibrium to neoclassical growth theory. It attempts make economic theory more robust in modelling the complexity of market structures. The model is constructed within framework Solow-Uzawa two-sector model. economy composed two sectors. final goods sector same as Solow one-sector which characterized by perfect competition. consumer Uzawa but Stackelberg...

in this paper, nonlinear adjustments and price transmission mechanism between the two levels of wholesale and retail for the egg market has been examined under the threshold vector error correction model (tvecm) framework using hansen and seo (2002)’s two-regimes). the unit root test showed that both wholesale and retail egg price series were integrated of order one . the johansen co-integratio...

The purpose of the paper is to introduce a model of Instore Logistics for retail stores. The model attempted to give a picture of all logistics processes that are carried out within a retail outlet from an incoming dock of a retail outlet to the check out of the store. The model has afterwards been empirically validated by analyzing the Instore Logistics processes of dairy products in 200 store...