Delegation vs. Control of Component Procurement Under Asymmetric Cost Information and Simple Contracts

Enis Kayış
Enis Kayış
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Department of Industrial Engineering, Ozyegin University, Istanbul 34794, Turkey
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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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Erica L. Plambeck
Erica L. Plambeck
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Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Enis Kayış

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Department of Industrial Engineering, Ozyegin University, Istanbul 34794, Turkey

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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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Erica L. Plambeck

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Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Published Online:5 Oct 2012https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1120.0395

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