Competition under generalized attraction models: Applications to quality competition under yield uncertainty

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2028-2043

  Federgruen, Awi ^a   Yang, Nan ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Games group decisions; Inventory production; Stochastic models; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPETING FIRMS; COMPETITION MODEL; COST RATES; EQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIOR; GAMES-GROUP DECISIONS; GENERAL FUNCTIONS; GENERAL MODEL; GROUP DECISION; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; INVENTORY PRODUCTION; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; MARKET SHARE; QUALITY COMPETITION; SALES VOLUME; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNCERTAIN DEMAND; UNIT COST;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SALES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 72149092974     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1073     Document Type: Article

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