Competitor analysis and its defenses in the e-marketplace

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 107-112

  Sheng, Yihua Philip ^a   Mykytyn Jr , Peter P ^b   Litecky, Charles R ^b  

^a Southern Illinois University Carbondale   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITOR ANALYSIS; E-MARKET; INTELLIGENT AGENTS (IA); MINE INFORMATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA MINING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERNET;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 23344439232     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1076211.1076213     Document Type: Review

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