Double-Cola and Antitrust Issues: Staying Alive in the Soft Drink Wars

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 340-363

  Wolburg, Joyce M ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0348229250     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2003.tb00457.x     Document Type: Review

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