Unit price usage knowledge: Conceptualization and empirical assessment

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-377

  Manning, Kenneth C ^a   Sprott, David E ^b   Miyazaki, Anthony D ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Price knowledge; Quantity surcharges; Unit pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037400847     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00226-0     Document Type: Article

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