Consumer search and retailer strategies in the presence of online music sharing

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-159

  Bhattacharjee, Sudip ^a   Gopal, Ram D ^a   Lertwachara, Kaveepan ^b   Marsden, James R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Edgelab ^*

Author keywords

Digital experience goods; License; Music; Online channels; Piracy; Sampling; Search

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL EXPERIENCE GOODS; LICENSING STRUCTURES; ONLINE CHANNELS; SEARCH TOOLS;

COMPUTER MUSIC; DATA PRIVACY; MARKETING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RETAIL STORES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33745844686     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230104     Document Type: Article

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