Price wall or war: The pricing strategies for retailers

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-343

  Chiu, Chun Hung ^a   Choi, Tsan Ming ^a   Li, Duan ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Game theory; Price war; Pricing game; Retailing; Service level

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DROPS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SALES;

ANALYTICAL CONDITIONS; BRANDED PRODUCTS; MARKET SHARES; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; PRICE WAR; PRICING GAME; PRICING STRATEGIES; RETAILING; SERVICE LEVEL; STOCHASTIC DEMANDS; STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 62149126958     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2008.2010753     Document Type: Article

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