How do firm financial conditions affect product quality and pricing?

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1764-1782

  Phillips, Gordon ^a   Sertsios, Giorgo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate finance; Finance; Firm objectives; Firm strategy; Industrial organization; Market performance; Market structure; Organization and behavior

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE FINANCE; FIRM OBJECTIVES; FIRM STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; MARKET PERFORMANCE; MARKET STRUCTURES;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84881449932     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1693     Document Type: Article

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