When truces collapse: A longitudinal study of price-adjustment routines

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 955-972

  Zbaracki, Mark J ^a   Bergen, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic theory; Evolutionary theory; Organizational routines; Price adjustment; Truces

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957035447     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0513     Document Type: Article

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