The role of intermediaries in electronic marketplaces: Developing a contingency model

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-246

  Giaglis, George M ^a   Klein, Stefan ^b,c,d   O'Keefe, Robert M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Contingency model; Disintermediation; Economics; Electronic commerce; Electronic markets

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENCY MODELS;

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0038380242     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2002.00123.x     Document Type: Review

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