Investing in capabilities: Bidding in strategic factor markets with costly information

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 227-239

  Maritan, Catherine A ^a   Florence, Robert E ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41449090943     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1385     Document Type: Article

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