Information sharing and competition in the motor vehicle industry

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 107, Issue 6 PART 1, 1999, Pages 1326-1364

  Doyle, Maura P ^a   Snyder, Christopher M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033368890     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250099     Document Type: Article

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