This thesis develops an equilibrium framework for strategic exercise of geographical market entry option. The theoretical model analyses the impact of asymmetries of the competing firms such as follower entry barrier and asymmetric profitability on the optimal market entry timing and firm...

The paper is concerned with Stackelberg solutions for a differential game with deterministic dynamics but random initial data, where the leading player can adopt a strategy in feedback form: u <Subscript>1</Subscript>=u <Subscript>1</Subscript>(t,x). The first main result provides the existence of a Stackelberg equilibrium solution,...</subscript></subscript>