The E-tailer's Dilemma

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 10-22

  Lee, Seung C ^a   Brandyberry, Alan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business Model; Economics; Electronic Commerce; Metrics; Retail

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644547804     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/784580.784584     Document Type: Article

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