Competitive location, production, and market selection

• Published in: European journal of operational research Vol. 149; no. 1; pp. 211 - 228
• Main Authors: Rhim, Hosun, Ho, Teck H., Karmarkar, Uday S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 16.08.2003; Elsevier; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Series: European Journal of Operational Research
• Subjects: Competition; Game theory; Location; Productivity; Studies; Competition; Game theory; Location

This paper investigates how firms should select their production sites, capacities and quantities under rivalry. There are assumed to be a finite number of discrete potential location sites and a finite number of discrete markets, which may or may not coincide. Firms first decide either simultaneous...