Misperceiving Interactions Among Complements and Substitutes: Organizational Consequences

Nicolaj Siggelkow
Nicolaj Siggelkow
siggelkow(wharton.upenn.edu
The Wharton School, 2017 Steinberg Hall—Dietrich Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Nicolaj Siggelkow

siggelkow(wharton.upenn.edu

The Wharton School, 2017 Steinberg Hall—Dietrich Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

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Published Online:1 Jul 2002https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.48.7.900.2820

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