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The Strategic Value of Flexibility: Reducing the Ability to Compromise

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  • Kulatilaka, Nalin
  • Marks, Stephen Gary

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  • Kulatilaka, Nalin & Marks, Stephen Gary, 1988. "The Strategic Value of Flexibility: Reducing the Ability to Compromise," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(3), pages 574-580, June.
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    22. Fine, Charles H., 1989. "Developments in manufacturing technology and economic evaluation models," Working papers 3012-89., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.

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