Contract Complexity and Performance Under Asymmetric Demand Information: An Experimental Evaluation

Basak Kalkanci
Basak Kalkanci
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Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Kay-Yut Chen
Kay-Yut Chen
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HP Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California 94304
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Feryal Erhun
Feryal Erhun
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Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Basak Kalkanci

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Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Kay-Yut Chen

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HP Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California 94304

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Feryal Erhun

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Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Published Online:1 Apr 2011https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1110.1318

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