The logic of collective consuming: Consumers as sub contractors on electronic markets

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 832-839

  Dolfsma, Wilfred ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumers; Electronic commerce; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544288327     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290410550629     Document Type: Review

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