Delegating pricing decisions in competitive markets with symmetric and asymmetric information

Marketing Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 490-497

  Mishra, Birendra K ^a   Prasad, Ashutosh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Compensation; Pricing research; Salesforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044453256     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1040.0102     Document Type: Review

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