The strategic effects of vertical market structure: Common agency and divisionalization in the US motion picture industry

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 509-528

  Corts, Kenneth S ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0035617718     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105864001753356088     Document Type: Article

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