Stable farsighted coalitions in competitive markets

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-45

  Nagarajan, Mahesh ^a   Sošić, Greys ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Competition; Cooperative games; Farsightedness

Indexed keywords

COALITIONS; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; COOPERATIVE GAMES; FARSIGHTEDNESS;

DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 33847033806     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0605     Document Type: Article

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