Second opinions and online consultations

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1747-1758

  Ozdemir, Zafer D ^a   Tolga Akcura M ^b   Altinkemer, Kemal ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Electronic commerce; Expert services; Information products

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING;

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; EXPERT SERVICES; INFORMATION PRODUCTS; ONLINE CHANNELS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750457678     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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