Multimarket competition, consumer search, and the organizational structure of multiunit firms

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-552

  Chang, Myong Hun ^a   Harrington Jr , Joseph E ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Decentralization; Market structure; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMER SEARCH; DECENTRALIZATION; MULTIMARKET COMPETITION; MULTIUNIT FIRMS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE;

COMPETITION;

EID: 0043205024     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.4.541.14426     Document Type: Article

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