Fairness and channel coordination

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1303-1314

  Cui, Tony Haitao ^a   Raju, Jagmohan S ^b   Zhang, Z John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Channel coordination; Distribution channels; Fairness; Pricing; Retailing and wholesaling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CHANNEL COORDINATION; DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS; WHOLESALING;

ECONOMICS; OPERATING COSTS; RETAIL STORES; SALES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 38549133934     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0697     Document Type: Article

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