Brand image and brand dilution in the fashion industry

Automatica

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1363-1370

  Kort, Peter M ^a,b   Caulkins, Jonathan P ^c   Hartl, Richard F ^d   Feichtinger, Gustav ^e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Continuous control; Economics; Fashion; Maximum principle; Phase plane

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BRAND'S REPUTATION; CONTINUOUS CONTROL; FASHION; PHASE PLANE;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745499729     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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