Economics of an information intermediary with aggregation benefits

Information Systems Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Bhargava, Hemant K ^a   Choudhary, Vidyanand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infomediary; Information goods versioning; Network externalities; Online marketplace; Product differentiation; Two sided markets

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; INTERNET; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFOMEDIARY; INFORMATION GOOODS VERSIONING; NEWORK EXTERNALITIES; ONLINE MARKETPLACE; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; TWO-SIDED MARKETS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442655298     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1040.0014     Document Type: Review

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