Price protection in the personal computer industry

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-482

  Lee, Hau L ^a   Padmanabhan, V ^a   Taylor, Terry A ^a   Whang, Seungjin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING;

PRICE PROTECTION;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 0033737338     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.4.467.12058     Document Type: Article

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