Dynamic pricing for time-limited goods in a supplier-driven electronic marketplace

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-292

  Dasgupta, Prithviraj ^a   Moser, Louise E ^b   Melliar Smith, P Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent mediated e commerce; Dynamic pricing; Push model of marketing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MOBILE AGENTS;

AGENT MEDIATED E-COMMERCE; DEMAND CURVES; DYNAMIC PRICING; E- COMMERCES; E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS; E-MARKET; E-MARKETS; ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES; PUSH MODEL OF MARKETING; TIME LIMITED;

SALES;

EID: 25144433932     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-005-6159-y     Document Type: Article

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