Wine online: Search costs affect competition on price, quality, and distribution

Marketing Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-103

  Lynch Jr , John G ^a   Ariely, Dan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer behavior; Competitive strategy; Internet marketing; Price sensitivity; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340424     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.19.1.83.15183     Document Type: Article

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