Order backlogs and strategic pricing: The case of the U.S. large turbine generator industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-268

  Ghemawat, Pankaj ^a   McGahan, Anita M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backlogs; Competitive interactions; Game theory; Pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001010315     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199803)19:3<255::aid-smj956>3.3.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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