Strategic choice of electronic marketplace functionalities: A buyer-supplier relationship perspective

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Wang, Shan ^a,b   Archer, Norm ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COSTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COLLABORATION-ORIENTED FUNCTIONALITIES; ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES (EM); MARKET-ORIENTED FUNCTIONALITIES; NON-CONTRACTIBLE FACTORS; TRANSACTION FREQUENCY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 21344463049     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2004.tb00236.x     Document Type: Article

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