Consumer decision-making at an Internet shopbot: Brand still matters

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 541-558

  Smith, Michael D ^a   Brynjolfsson, Erik ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0035604646     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00162     Document Type: Article

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