Quality-based competition, profitability, and variable costs

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1884-1895

  Chambers, Chester ^a   Kouvelis, Panos ^b   Semple, John ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Operations strategy; Quality competition

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS STRATEGY; QUALITY COMPETITION; VARIABLE COST FUNCTIONS; VARIABLE PRODUCTION COSTS;

COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GAME THEORY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33845521920     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0581     Document Type: Article

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