Search strategies in shopping engines: An experimental investigation

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-84

  Kamis, Arnold ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Data envelopment analysis; Decision support; On line commerce; Preference elicitation; Recall; Shopping engines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749483196     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415110103     Document Type: Article

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