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not always "innocent" - sometimes it's anti-competitive
*Some products may require other firms to produce [[Complementary goods]], in order for the product to be useful. For example, a new format for storing movies (such as [[blu-ray]], or [[DVD]]), is unlikely to be successful without a significant number of movies being available in that format.
*Some products may require other firms to produce [[Complementary goods]], in order for the product to be useful. For example, a new format for storing movies (such as [[blu-ray]], or [[DVD]]), is unlikely to be successful without a significant number of movies being available in that format.
In general, barriers to entry are largely determined by the [[market structure]] of the industry in question.
In general, barriers to entry are largely determined by the [[market structure]] of the industry in question.
==The Anti-competitive aspect ==
* Factors which prevent or deter the entry of new firms into an industry even when the incumbent firms are earning excess profits. There are two broad classes of barriers: structural (economic or innocent) and strategic (behavioral). Structural barriers arise from basic industry characteristics such as technology, costs and demand. Strategic barriers arise from the behavior of incumbents. [http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:S9yAPGOHsGEJ:www.sice.oas.org/Dictionary/CP_e.asp+anti-competitive+barriers+to+entry&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a]
[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Economics]]