’ barriers to entry affect the ability of potential entrants to enter the markets and the size range at which they decide to … enter. In order to examine the relationships between barriers to entry and size we applied the quantile regression …

This paper examines, using a zero-inflated negative binomial regression model, what determined entry into the Swedish … seemed to attract more entry into retail trade industries, while recent entry and higher total industry sales were associated … with more entry into both retail and wholesale trade local markets. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006 …