Strategic challenges faced by the e-commerce entrepreneur: the case of online bookselling

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 566-573

  Vachani, Sushil ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; bookshop; bookstore; E commerce; internet; online; retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645659594     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2002.000502     Document Type: Article

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