Combating Strategic Counterfeiters in Licit and Illicit Supply Chains

Soo-Haeng Cho
Soo-Haeng Cho
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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Xin Fang
Xin Fang
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Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178899
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Sridhar Tayur
Sridhar Tayur
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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Soo-Haeng Cho

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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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Xin Fang

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Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178899

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Sridhar Tayur

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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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Published Online:15 Apr 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2015.0524

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Received:May 03, 2012
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