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Minimum Differentiation

Minimum Differentiation is a theoretical principle in product economics designating a strategic tendency whereby competing firms offer similar or narrowly varied products to minimize perceived disparities and maximize market overlap within a concentrated competitive environment.

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2017–2026

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The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Reconsidered: Some New Developments in the Theory of Spatial Competition

B. Curtis Eaton, Richard G. Lipsey · The Review of Economic Studies · 1975 · 595 citations

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Differentiation Versus Low Cost or Differentiation and Low Cost: A Contingency Framework

Charles W. L. Hill · Academy of Management Review · 1988 · 566 citations

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The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Holds under Sufficient Heterogeneity

A. de Palma, Victor Ginsburgh, Yorgos Y. Papageorgiou et al. · Econometrica · 1985 · 372 citations · Full text

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Competition in Multi-characteristics Spaces: Hotelling Was Almost Right

Andreas Irmen, Jacques‐François Thisse · Journal of Economic Theory · 1998 · 337 citations

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Minimal and maximal product differentiation in Hotelling's duopoly

Nicholas Economides · Economics Letters · 1986 · 267 citations

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Authors

82

  1. JT
    Jacques‐François Thisse

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    3 publications · 745 citations

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  2. NE
    Nicholas Economides

    New York University, United States

    3 publications · 513 citations

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  3. AD
    Anthony Dukes

    University of Southern California, United States

    2 publications · 266 citations

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  4. YY
    Yorgos Y. Papageorgiou

    McMaster University, Canada

    2 publications · 408 citations

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  5. CW
    Charles W. L. Hill

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 786 citations

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Institutions

59

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    527 citations

  2. École nationale des ponts et chaussées

    Champs-sur-Marne, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    373 citations

  3. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    55 citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    816 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Rostock, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  6. Western University

    London, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    221 citations

  7. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  8. Hebei University of Technology

    Tianjin, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    51 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Industrial Economics

    4 publications · 234 citations

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  2. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy

    JEMS · 3 publications · 302 citations

    3

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  3. Marketing Science

    3 publications · 375 citations

    3

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 3 publications · 77 citations

    3

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  5. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 2 publications · 786 citations

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