Customer-driven misconduct: How competition corrupts business practices

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1725-1742

  Bennett, Victor Manuel ^a   Pierce, Lamar ^b   Snyder, Jason A ^c   Toffel, Michael W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Environment; Government; Judicial; Legal; Market structure and pricing; Microeconomics; Organizational studies; Pollution; Regulations; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CRIME PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT; JUDICIAL; LEGAL; MARKET STRUCTURE AND PRICING; MICROECONOMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; REGULATIONS; STRATEGY;

COMMERCE; CRIME; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLLUTION; SALES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84881464063     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1680     Document Type: Article

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