Market segmentation within consolidated E-markets: A generalized combinatorial auction approach

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-182

  Jones, Joni L ^a   Easley, Robert F ^b   Koehler, Gary J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial auction; Electronic markets; Market segmentation

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL AUCTION; ELECTRONIC MARKETS; MARKET SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

MARKETING;

EID: 33845751178     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230105     Document Type: Article

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