Blind man's bluff: The ethics of quantity surcharges

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1299-1312

  Gupta, Omprakash K ^a   Rominger, Anna S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

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EID: 0030525094     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00411815     Document Type: Article

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