Group buying on the web: A comparison of price-discovery mechanisms

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1546-1562

  Anand, Krishnan S ^a   Aron, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand heterogeneity; Demand uncertainty; Group buying; Price discovery; Pricing; Quantity discounts

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PURCHASING; SCHEDULING;

DEMAND HETEROGENEITY; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; GROUP BUYING MECHANISMS; PRICE DISCOVERY; QUANTITY DISCOUNTS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0242706638     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.11.1546.20582     Document Type: Article

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