[article]
Titre : |
eBay's crowded evenings : Competition neglect in market entry decisions |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Uri Simonsohn, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2010 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 1060-1073 |
Note générale : |
Management |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Market entry Marketing Competitive strategy Behavioral economics |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
Do firms neglect competition when making entry decisions? This paper addresses this question analyzing the time of day at which eBay sellers set their auctions to end. Consistent with competition neglect, it is found that (i) a disproportionate share of auctions end during peak bidding hours, (ii) such hours exhibit lower selling rates and prices, and (iii) peak listing is more prevalent among sellers likely to have chosen ending time strategically, suggesting disproportionate entry is a mistake driven by bounded rationality rather than mindlessness. The results highlight the importance for marketing researchers of assessing rather than assuming the rationality of firm behavior. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/7.toc |
in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 7 (Juillet 2010) . - pp. 1060-1073
[article] eBay's crowded evenings : Competition neglect in market entry decisions [texte imprimé] / Uri Simonsohn, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 1060-1073. Management Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 7 (Juillet 2010) . - pp. 1060-1073
Mots-clés : |
Market entry Marketing Competitive strategy Behavioral economics |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
Do firms neglect competition when making entry decisions? This paper addresses this question analyzing the time of day at which eBay sellers set their auctions to end. Consistent with competition neglect, it is found that (i) a disproportionate share of auctions end during peak bidding hours, (ii) such hours exhibit lower selling rates and prices, and (iii) peak listing is more prevalent among sellers likely to have chosen ending time strategically, suggesting disproportionate entry is a mistake driven by bounded rationality rather than mindlessness. The results highlight the importance for marketing researchers of assessing rather than assuming the rationality of firm behavior. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/7.toc |
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