A techno-economic analysis of the results of product diversification in household appliance durables - Evaluating concreteness

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-278

  Barbiroli, Giancarlo ^a   Focacci, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer durable goods; Global performance; Price; Product diversification; Technical properties

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIFICATIONS;

PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037432487     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00331-6     Document Type: Article

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