Cooperative Approaches to Managing Social Responsibility in a Market with Externalities

Xin Fang
Xin Fang
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Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178899, Republic of Singapore;
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Soo-Haeng Cho
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Soo-Haeng Cho
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5158-7591
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178899, Republic of Singapore;

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Soo-Haeng Cho

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Soo-Haeng Cho

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5158-7591

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

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Published Online:9 Apr 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2019.0837

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