Market Entry Barriers for Commercial Services

Arne Beck

Chapter Chapter 10 in Competition for Public Transport Services, 2012, pp 157-187 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract After decades of stagnation, the market for commercial public bus transport services in Germany is heating up, with observable competition on the rise. As explained in Sect. 4.4.3, the competitive market for commercial services is based on market initiative by operators and is distinguished from the competitive market for non-commercial services and from the market segment in which contracts are awarded, without tendering. The essay presented in this Chap. 10 asks whether the current level of competition is satisfactory and provides evidence of a thriving competitive environment, or whether it indicates the existence of barriers to market entry. If entry barriers are impeding more dynamic market development, the question arises where they can be identified.

Keywords: Public Transport; Competitive Market; Entry Barrier; Commercial Service; Procedural Setting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2802-3_10

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