We determine the optimal response to competitive entry in a market characterized by a market share attraction model. The response of an incumbent is limited to changes in prices, advertising and distribution expenditures; brand positions are assumed to be fixed. We also assume that the entrant's...

In this study, energy–exergy–environmental–economic (4-E) analyses of stand-alone line-focusing concentrating solar power plants are carried out for different plant capacities ranging from 1 to 50 MW_e. Solar power plants based on concentrating power technologies are used to harness the...

In this paper, we study the choice of technology levels and timing of the introduction of new technologies in a market in which customer sophistication increases over time. Faced with the introduction of a new generation product, a firm can either imitate or leapfrog it. If the new product is...

Four algorithms for locating an “optimal” new product in a multiattribute product space—Albers and Brockhoff's PROPOPP; Gavish, Horsky, and Srikanth's Method IV; May and Sudharshan's PRODSRCH; and GRID SEARCH—are compared in terms of the relative share of preferences the new product will...

Reply to commentaries (Dodson, J. A., J. B. Brodsky. 1987. Commentary. 202–203 and Johnson, R. M. 1987. Commentary. 204–205.) to authors' paper (Sudharshan, D., J. H. May, A. D. Shocker. 1987. A simulation comparison of methods for new product location. 182–201.).