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Location choices under strategic interactions
Authors:Juan Alcácer  Cristian Dezső  Minyuan Zhao
Affiliation:1. Strategy Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.;2. Logistics, Business & Public Policy Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.;3. Strategy Department, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Abstract:We explore a fundamental aspect of firms' location choices largely overlooked in the literature: strategic interaction. We formalize the notion that strategic interaction renders collocation less appealing by fostering competition, which erodes firms' profits. Strategic interaction also impacts location choices across time. Specifically, because firms learn by doing in markets, location choices are shaped by two novel effects: entrenchment benefits from entering early in a market and improving capabilities relative to rivals, and opportunity costs from postponing entry to other markets where rivals enter and learn. When learning is local, firms collocate more: rivals are preempted from improving relative capabilities in higher‐value markets. However, when learning is global, firms collocate less: they can transfer capabilities from lower‐value to higher‐value markets, blocking rivals from achieving entrenchment benefits. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords:location strategies  game theory  firm heterogeneity
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