Minimum quality standards and market dominance in vertically differentiated duopoly

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-290

  Kuhn, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business strategies; Low quality dominance; Minimum quality standard; Vertical product differentiation

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGIES; LOW QUALITY DOMINANCE; MINIMUM QUALITY STANDARD; VERTICAL PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847287302     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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