Product customization and price competition on the internet

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1055-1070

  Dewan, Rajiv ^a,b   Jing, Bing ^a,b   Seidmann, Abraham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet economics; Mass customization; Price discrimination; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; STANDARDS;

MASS CUSTOMIZATION; PRICE DISCRIMINATION; PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0141453026     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.8.1055.16401     Document Type: Article

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