Post-merger product repositioning

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-67

  Gandhi, Amit ^a   Froeb, Luke ^b   Tschantz, Steven ^c   Werden, Gregory J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Department of Justice   (United States)

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EID: 42449129304     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2008.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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