Bundling information goods: pricing, profits, and efficiency

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1613-1630

  Bakos, Yannis ^a   Brynjolfsson, Erik ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIGITAL INFORMATION GOODS; OPTIMAL BUNDLING SIZE; PRICING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033338075     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.12.1613     Document Type: Article

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