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Managing increasing returns

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  • den Hartigh, Erik
  • Langerak, Fred

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Increasing returns means that a company can produce higher levels of output with relatively lower levels of input. This article focuses on the challenges faced by managers in dealing with increasing returns. Dealing with these challenges is especially relevant for companies with information and knowledge intensive business processes. For the managers of these companies this article (1) provides a definition of increasing returns, (2) explains the sources of increasing returns, (3) discusses the consequences of increasing returns for the rules of market competition, and (4) presents guidelines for competing in increasing returns markets.

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  • den Hartigh, Erik & Langerak, Fred, 2001. "Managing increasing returns," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 370-378, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:19:y:2001:i:4:p:370-378
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    1. Carlos Ferro-Soto & Luz Amparo Macías-Quintana & Paula Vázquez-Rodríguez, 2018. "Effect of Stakeholders-Oriented Behavior on the Performance of Sustainable Business," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-27, December.
    2. Klein, M.H. & den Hartigh, E. & Commandeur, H.R. & Langerak, F., 2004. "How to Determine the Increasing Returns Sensitivity of Your Industry?," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2004-047-STR, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    3. Dimitris Apostolou & Gregory Mentzas & Andreas Abecker & Wolfgang Maas & Panos Georgolios & Kostas Kafentzis, 2005. "Challenges and directions in knowledge asset trading," Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, March.
    4. den Hartigh, E. & Langerak, F. & Commandeur, H.R., 2002. "The Effects of Self-Reinforcing Mechanisms on Firm Performance," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2002-46-MKT, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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