Can retailers get higher prices for "end-of-life" inventory through online auctions?

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-190

  Wood, Charles M ^a   Alford, Bruce L ^b   Jackson, Ralph W ^a   Gilley, Otis W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Online auctions; Retailers

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144497784     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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