A transaction-efficiency analysis of an Internet retailing supply chain in the music CD industry

Decision Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-172

  Rabinovich, Elliot ^a   Bailey, Joseph P ^b   Carter, Craig R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic Commerce; Structural Equation Models; Supply Chain Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041912454     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5915.02276     Document Type: Article

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