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Note—Comments on “A Quantity Discount Pricing Model to Increase Vendor Profits”

Prafulla N. Joglekar
Prafulla N. Joglekar
Management Department, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141
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Prafulla N. Joglekar

Management Department, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141

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Published Online:1 Nov 1988https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.34.11.1391

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