Price Protection in the Personal Computer Industry
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Hau L. Lee • V. Padmanabhan • Terry A. Taylor • Seungjin Whang Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected]
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