Price competition of make-to-order firms

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 817-832

  Chen, Hong ^a   Wan, Yat Wah ^b  

^a Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PRICE COMPETITION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0043237502     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170304412     Document Type: Article

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