Frictionless commerce? A comparison of Internet and conventional retailers

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-585

  Brynjolfsson, Erik ^a   Smith, Michael D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNET; MARKETING;

PRICE DISPERSION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0033737577     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.4.563.12061     Document Type: Article

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