Non-price rigidity and cost of adjustment

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 817-832

  Müller, Georg ^a   Bergen, Mark ^b   Dutta, Shantanu ^c   Levy, Daniel ^d  

^a Monitor Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 35748948407     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1379     Document Type: Review

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