Service hours with asymmetric distributions of ideal service time

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-771

  Shy, Oz ^a,b,c   Stenbacka, Rune ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c WZ Berlin ^*  (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Non uniform distribution of ideal service time; Service hour competition; Service hours

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MARKET FAILURE; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF IDEAL SERVICE TIME; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS; SERVICE HOUR COMPETITION; SERVICE HOURS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33744550725     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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