Network competition and branch differentiation with consumer heterogeneity

Jean-Claude Thill ()
Additional contact information
Jean-Claude Thill: Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, 117 Wilkeson Quad, Amherst NY 14261-0023, USA

The Annals of Regional Science, 2000, vol. 34, issue 3, 468 pages

Abstract: The paper provides a general framework for the analysis of noncooperative competition between multi-branch networks when consumers have heterogeneous preferences. This framework allows for ill-studied conditions, such as branch loyalty and economies of scope, to be explored in terms of their role in shaping address solutions and firm profits. Geographic and quality differentiation as well as firm profits are shown to be dependent upon the magnitude of the loyalty factor and upon the extend of economies of scope. Real world situations in the retail industry are interpreted in the light of the results of the analysis.

Date: 2000-09-01
Note: Received: October 1998 / Accepted: June 1999
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00168/papers/0034003/00340451.pdf (application/pdf)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:anresc:v:34:y:2000:i:3:p:451-468

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://link.springer.com/journal/168

Access Statistics for this article

The Annals of Regional Science is currently edited by Martin Andersson, E. Kim and Janet E. Kohlhase

More articles in The Annals of Regional Science from Springer, Western Regional Science Association Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().