Analysis of pricing strategies for e-business companies providing information goods and services

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-78

  Lee, Kang Bae ^a   Yu, Sungyeol ^b   Kim, Seong Jun ^c  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Pusan   (South Korea)

^c Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

e Business; Free goods; Information and services; Internet; Pricing; Quality; Versioning

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FREE GOODS; PRICING; QUALITY; VERSIONING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33749056127     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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