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Volume 1, Issue 4
1 August 1999
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Research Article| August 01 1999

Footprints in cyberspace: towards a theory of mergers in network industries

Dennis L. Weisman
Department of Economics, Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506‐4001, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1465-9840
Print ISSN: 1463-6697
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Info (1999) 1 (4): 367–369.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14636699910801133

Suggests this analysis’ principal objective is to demonstrate that recent merger activity in US Bell operating companies can foster increased incentives for out‐of‐region entry. Reveals that the local telephone industry can serve to enhance competition by fostering more pronounced incentives for out‐of‐region entry.

Keywords: Mergers and acquisitions, Telephones, USA
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