The impact of technology on product design, productivity, and profits: A duopoly model of price-quality competition

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 3389-3398

  Thatcher, Matt E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAR CODES; BUDGET CONTROL; COMPETITION; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSUMER WELFARES; COST STRUCTURES; PRODUCT QUALITY; PRODUCTION COST;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 12344267665     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/hicss.2004.1265502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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