Autori
Rondi, Laura
Matraves, Catherine

Titolo
Product Differentiation, Industry Concentration and Market Share Turbulence
Periodico
CERIS-CNR. Working Paper
Anno: 2005 - Fascicolo: 14 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 26

Building on the current theory of industrial concentration, we analyze the relation between market size and product differentiation, and show how product differentiation impacts market share turbulence. Our basic results highlight that in markets where vertical product differentiation dominates, firms will have an incentive to escalate investment in advertising and/or R&D as market size increases. Such (firm-specific) investments will make competitive advantage more sustainable as the firm is less imitable. This will not be the case if the market is primarily characterized by homogeneous product or horizontal product differentiation. Our predictions are tested using an original EU dataset for the period 1987-1997. Our results strongly support our predictions – the degree of market share turbulence increases with market size.



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