The Car Sharing Economy: Interaction of Business Model Choice and Product Line Design

Ioannis Bellos
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School of Business, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
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Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
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Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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L. Beril Toktay
L. Beril Toktay
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Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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Ioannis Bellos

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Ioannis Bellos

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School of Business, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030

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Mark Ferguson

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Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208

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L. Beril Toktay

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Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30308

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Published Online:23 Feb 2017https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2016.0605

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Received:December 24, 2013
Accepted:September 22, 2016
Published Online:February 23, 2017

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Ioannis Bellos, Mark Ferguson, L. Beril Toktay (2017) The Car Sharing Economy: Interaction of Business Model Choice and Product Line Design. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 19(2):185-201.

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