BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Entry Barrier
- a perceived or real obstacle preventing a competitor from entering a market
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- Comverse lowers entry barrier to Quad Play with its Quad Play suite; Pre-integrated package of IPTV and fixed-mobile voice and video communications helps service providers increase revenues and customer loyalty.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 September 2006-COMVERSE: Comverse lowers entry barrier to Quad Play with its Quad Play suite; Pre-integrated package of IPTV and fixed-mobile voice and video communications helps service providers increase revenues and customer loyaltyC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07092006 NEW YORK,...
- Research articles 2006-09-07
- Entry Deterrence in Durable-Goods Monopoly
- Some industries support Schumpeter's notion of creative destruction through innovative entrants. Others exhibit a single, persistent technological leadership. This paper explores a durable-goods monopolist threatened by entry via a new generation of the durable good. It is shown that the durability of the good either acts as an entry barrier...
- White papers 2000-01-14
- Empirical analysis of entry in the local exchange market: the case of Pacific Bell
- I. INTRODUCTION The Telecommunications Act of 1996 marked a major legislative effort to change the structure of telecommunications markets in the United States. While the law affected many aspects of the telecommunications industry, the local exchange market, the last bastion of monopoly remaining after the divestiture of AT &...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Space-saving PCB barrier strips.(Electrical/electronic components in focus: A round-up of electrical/electronic components available from suppliers)
- Tyco Electronics has introduced a line of high-rise dual barrier strips for space-saving dual-level wire entry on congested printed circuit board PCB mounted applications. The BUCHANAN barrier strips are moulded to length with an 8.25-mm centreli Tyco Electronics has introduced a line of high-rise...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Rights of First Entry in "Derivative Markets": Exploring Market Definition in Copyright
- The premise of this article is that scope is as important a concern as duration of the copyright. While duration determines the time period during which a copyright owner can exercise her rights over the protected work, scope issues determine the range of rights that the copyright owner has. The...
- White papers 2003-06-19
- Sonos ZonePlayer S5 all-in-one wireless speaker lowers cost of entry (video!)
- For many, the perceived high cost of getting into a Sonos wireless home audio system has been a significant barrier. While you crave whole-home, distributed audio that just works without pops, hisses, or clicks, you simply can't justify dropping $350 on a ZonePlayer ZP90 ...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Sun Smashes Price Barrier: New SPARCstation is Industry's Lowest-Priced, Fully Configured Desktop; New SPARCstation 4 is 29 Percent Faster than Previous Model; SPARCstation 5 Gets 20 Percent Price Reduction
- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 17, 1995--Sun Microsystems Computer Company today shattered the industry's entry-level price barrier by introducing the lowest-priced, fully configured workstation in the industry.
- Research articles 1995-10-17
- Finance as a Barrier to Entry: Bank Competition and Industry Structure in Local U.S. Markets
- This paper tests how competition in local U.S. banking markets affects the market structure of non-financial sectors. Theory offers competing hypotheses about how competition ought to influence firm entry and access to bank credit by mature firms. The empirical evidence, however, strongly supports the idea that in markets with concentrated...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Polycom Announces Industry Firsts for Voice and Video over IP with First SIP Conference Phone and Entry Video System
- PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Entry-level VSX 6000 reduces cost barrier to high-quality group video conferencing; SoundStation IP 4000 offers SIP support and unmatched quality and performance
- Research articles 2005-01-24
- AdventNet Lowers Cost of Ownership for Its NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition
- AdventNet Inc., the leading provider of enterprise IT management software today announced the immediate availability of lower end variants of its NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition software at $9,995. NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition, which is priced based on the number of interfaces being monitored, has the 1000 interface license as the...
- Research articles 2007-11-13
- Environmental regulation, energy, and market entry.
- INTRODUCTION The stated purpose of this symposium is to explore "the extent to which environmental regulations currently act as a barrier to entry in energy markets and whether the current regime strikes the right balance between environmental protection and efficiency." (1) I will...
- Research articles 2005-03-22
- Entry Into Prenatal Care Among Women in the United States, 1989-1997
- This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that although more women are obtaining early prenatal care PNC, racial/ethnic disparities still exist and lack of money or health insurance was not the only barrier to obtaining PNC. Assuring early initiation of prenatal care PNC is an important component...
- White papers 2000-05-12
- Comverse Lowers Entry Barrier To Quad Play With Its Quad Play Suite; Pre-integrated Package Of IPTV And Fixed-Mobile Voice And Video Communications Helps Service Providers Increase Revenues And Customer Loyalty
- NEW YORK -- Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced the launch of its Quad Play Suite, a pre-integrated package combining IPTV middleware with fixed-mobile voice and video communication...
- Research articles 2006-09-07
- Red Crescent hits barrier as it struggles to bring aid to Fallujah
- BAGHDAD AFP — US troops were preventing a Red Crescent convoy of emergency aid from reaching helpless residents inside Fallujah after allowing it as far as the main hospital, a spokeswoman said. Hopes were raised that the military would make an exception to a no-entry rule when the trucks...
- Research articles 2004-11-13
- Direct sales franchises in the UK: a self-employment grey area.
- This article draws on UK data obtained from a useable sample of 673 independent contractors' active in the field of direct sales franchising. This is a low-cost, low-entry barrier business opportunity, which, at any one time, facilitates 500,000 individuals in the UK, mostly women, experiencing self-employment...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Hammering out the 'digital society': Dr Tim Kelly, head of the ITU's Strategy and Policy Unit, explains why national regulatory approaches to differences over Internet rules are doomed to failure and how its capacity to lower entry barrier is more importa
- Telecom Asia: The Internet is perceived as being borderless by nature, but borders exist in the real world. How can the ITU and the world's national regulators resolve this contradiction to create what you've referred to as the "digital society"? Dr Tim Kelly: When the Internet first really took...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Akia Corp. Adds Notebook to Ultra-Slim, High Performance Tornado Series; The Tornado TS166 Breaks the Price/Performance Barrier into High Performance Notebooks
- AUSTIN, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 2, 1997--Akia Corp., a direct provider and developer of uniquely packaged, leading technology desktop and mobile computing products, today announced the addition of the Tornado TS166 to its Tornado line of notebook computers. Starting at just $2,899, the Tornado TS166 establishes a new value...
- Research articles 1997-10-02
- Datacap Ships Task Master 2000, Breaking the Million-Document-A-Day Barrier
- WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1998-- First `Total Capture' Workflow Platform Datacap Inc. today announced it is shipping Task Master 2000, the first data and document capture workflow platform that provides a `total capture' solution for organizations dealing with high-volume data entry, document capture and complex forms. Task Master 2000,...
- Research articles 1998-07-13
- Xilinx And The MathWorks Announce DSP Customer Training Program
- The MathWorksR and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced a joint customer training program to accelerate the adoption of FPGAs for TeraMACs/sec DSP applications. The training program is part of the XilinxR XtremeDSPTM initiative and is designed to remove the entry barrier for DSP designers interested in implementing extremely high-speed...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- Viquity And Relevant Business Systems Partner To Reduce The Entry Barrier To e-Commerce
- Viquity, the emerging leader for outsourced eBusiness infrastructure to automate production procurement, and Relevant Business Systems, a leading enterprise software development company, today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to deliver a Viquity Dynamic Commerce Network Adapter for the Relevant INFIMACS II enterprise resource planning ERP system. The...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
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