Title: Competitive dynamics across strategic groups: a literature review and validation by quantitative evidence of operation data

Authors: Kuangnen Cheng

Addresses: School of Management, Marist College, 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA

Abstract: This research intends to: 1) critically evaluate and summarise recent years' literature of competitive dynamics across strategic groups in terms of competition mechanisms, particularly focusing on mobility barriers, multimarket contact and mutual forbearance; 2) validate the aforementioned competition mechanisms by analysing operation data, explicitly, inventory and pricing strategy from the US domestic airline industry; 3) offer explanations to inconsistencies revealed from the quantitative evidence to provide a better understanding of these competition mechanisms.

Keywords: competitive dynamics; mutual forbearance; mobility barriers; price dispersion; strategic groups.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBE.2017.092223

International Journal of Business Environment, 2017 Vol.9 No.4, pp.301 - 323

Received: 05 Jul 2017
Accepted: 05 Jul 2017

Published online: 11 Jun 2018 *

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