Prices in a shopbot market

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 367-381

  Waldeck, Roger ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; E commerce; Information; Price dispersion; Search; Shopbot

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

E-TAILERS; GOOD AND SERVICES; INFORMATION; INTERNET AGENTS; PRICE DISPERSION; SEARCH; SERVICE OFFERING; SHOPBOTS;

COSTS;

EID: 26944459182     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-005-1179-1     Document Type: Article

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