Multi-outlet firms, competition and market segmentation strategies

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-86

  Thill, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal differentiation; Multi outlet firms; Spatial competition

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MARKET SEGMENTATION; MULTIOUTLET FIRM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030822910     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0462(96)02131-x     Document Type: Article

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