Barrachina, Alex; Tauman, Yair; Salvador, Amparo Urbano - Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar Comportament … - 2013
We analyze industrial espionage in the context of entry deterrence. We consider a monopoly incumbent, who may expand … signals and hence the entrant’s decisions. Therefore, the incumbent will benefit from his rival’s espionage. In contrast, the … spying firm (the entrant) will typically gain if the espionage accuracy is sufficiently high and privately known by her. In …