Optimum design of electronic communities as economic entities

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-194

  Orman, Levent V ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Economics of markets; Electronic business models; Electronic communities; Electronic markets; Market design

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER SURPLUS; ECONOMICS OF MARKETS; ELECTRONIC BUSINESS MODELS; ELECTRONIC MARKETS; MARKET DESIGN;

COST ACCOUNTING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RETAIL STORES;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 33745896798     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-006-8778-9     Document Type: Article

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