Competition in a Multimarket Environment: The Case of Market Exit

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-142

  Boeker, Warren ^a   Goodstein, Jerry ^a   Stephan, John ^a   Murmann, Johann Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Competition; Hospitals; Market Exit; Multi market Contact; Multipoint Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031515608     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.2.126     Document Type: Article

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